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Title: | Perceptions of adolescents, teachers and parents of life skills education and life skills in high school students in Hong Kong | Authors: | Shek, DTL Lin, L Ma, CMS Yu, L Leung, JTY Wu, FKY Leung, H Dou, DY |
Issue Date: | Oct-2021 | Source: | Applied research in quality of life, Oct. 2021, v. 16, no. 5, p. 1847-1860 | Abstract: | Although theories and research emphasize the importance of adolescent life skills, different stakeholders' perceptions of the related issues have not been systematically investigated, particularly in Chinese contexts. This paper presents and integrates findings from four studies examining perceptions of different stakeholders on the need for and adequacy of life skills education and perceived adolescent life skills in Hong Kong. Data from four studies were used, including a longitudinal study with senior high school students (N = 3328+) and three cross-sectional studies based on students (N = 2474), teachers (N = 568) and parents (N = 431). Participants responded to measures on their perceptions of the need for life skills education and adequacy of related education in the formal curriculum. They also rated adolescent life skills in different domains, including emotional competence, moral competence, resilience, problem-solving, life meaning, gratefulness, social competence, and integrity. Consistent across the four studies, while many stakeholders regarded life skills as important for adolescents, a majority of them also perceived life skills education as insufficient in the school curriculum. There were also views suggesting that adolescent life skills development was incomplete. Compared with teachers and parents, adolescents perceived higher levels of life skills in themselves and adolescents in Hong Kong. There is a strong perceived need to step up life skills education in adolescents, particularly in Hong Kong. | Keywords: | Life skills Psychosocial competencies Adolescent well-being Chinese adolescents Hong Kong Adolescent thriving |
Publisher: | Springer | Journal: | Applied research in quality of life | ISSN: | 1871-2584 | EISSN: | 1871-2576 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11482-020-09848-9 | Rights: | © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The following publication Shek, D.T., Lin, L., Ma, C.M. et al. Perceptions of Adolescents, Teachers and Parents of Life Skills Education and Life Skills in High School Students in Hong Kong. Applied Research Quality Life 16, 1847–1860 (2021) is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09848-9 |
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