Full-time Teaching Staff

Lecturer

Research Interests

• Youth work
• Career and life development 
• Quality of life and well-being 

Curriculum Vitae

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Selected Publications

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Ng, Y. H., Lee, B. J., Dupéré, V., Wang, M., Chen, C., Li, Y., Zhou, Q., Wong, L. M., & Zhang, X. (2024). Pathways from school to work: A sequence analysis of non‐engaged youth. Journal of Adolescence, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12372

Ng, Y. H., Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Pang, W. T., Zhou, Q., Mai, C., Yu, E. N. H., Liu, C. M. T. & Siu, H. Y. (2024). Enhancing social workers’ capacity building for career and life development services: A quasi-experimental outcome study. Research on Social Work Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315231226406

Cheung, C. K., & Ng, Y. H. (2023). Community Service Staff Capacity Building and Elders’ Willingness to Age in Place. Journal of Social Service Research, 49(3), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2226165

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Mo, J., Wang, L., Ng, Y. H., & Wang, P. (2023). Career interventions and social well-being among non-engaged youth: Examining the mediating effects of career competency. Children and Youth Services Review, 148, 106903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106903 

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Zhou, Q., Zhang, J., Ng, Y. H., Yu, E. N. H., Zhang, X, Wong, L. M. (2023). Hope, career competency, and social well-being among non-engaged youth in Hong Kong: a longitudinal network analysis. Current Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05055-5 

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Zhou, Q., Wang, L., Ng, Y. H., Leung, W. P. C., Yu, E. N. H., Wong, L. M., Tang, H. Y., Lee, H. C. H. (2023). Career and life development intervention for non-engaged youth: Evaluating the Hong Kong Benchmarks (Community) Pilot Program. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1117251. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1117251 

Ngai, S.S.Y., Cheung, C.K., Ng, Y.H., Shang, L., Tang, H.Y., Ngai, H.L., & Wong, K.H.C. (2021). Time effects of supportive interaction and facilitator input variety on treatment adherence of young people with chronic health conditions: A dynamic mechanism in mutual aid groups.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 3061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063061

Ngai, S. S. Y., Jiang, S., Cheung, C. K., Tang, H. Y., Ngai, H. L., & Ng, Y. H. (2021). Measuring development of self-help organizations for patients with chronic illness/disability in Hong Kong: Development and validation of the Self-Help Organization Development (SHOD)  Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1351. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031351

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Ng, Y. H., Tang, H. Y., Ngai, H. L., & Wong, K. H. C. (2020). Development and validation of the chronic illness self-management (CISM) scale: Data from a young patient sample in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review, 114(May). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105077

Ng, Y. H. (2019). Discrepancy reduction: Conducting focus group with senior citizens in Hong Kong. In K. K. Tsang, D. Liu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Research (pp. 63–80). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5811-1

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., & Ng, Y. H. (2018). Drug use history as a moderator of the effects of virtuous orientation on the realization of drug harm in youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 95(June), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.10.025

Ngai, S. S. Y., Cheung, C. K., Xie, L., Ng, Y. H., Ngai, H. L., Liu, Y., & Ho, J. C. M. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Parental Bonding Instrument: Data from a Chinese adolescent sample in Hong Kong. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(7), 2112–2124. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1058-8

Ngai, S. S. Y., Xie, L., Ng, Y. H., & Ngai, H. L. (2018). The effects of parenting behavior on prosocial behavior of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review, 87, 154–162. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.02.030

Ng, Y. H., Chan, R. K. H., & Hu, M. (2018). Private and public resources impacts on the development of 2 global perspective in China. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 06(09), 48–62. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2018.69004

Ng, Y. H. (2014). Active ageing and senior volunteering in Hong Kong. In R. K. H. Chan, L. R. Wang, & J. O. Zinn (Eds.), Social Issues and Policies in Asia: Family, Ageing and Work (pp. 77–96). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ng, Y. H. (2013). Xianggang youeryuan jiaoshi gongzuo yali yu yingdui celue yanjiu [Work stress and coping strategies of kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong]. Kexue jiaoyu, 11.

Representative Research Projects

2024-26 – Co-Principal Investigator – “Relapse Prevention for Ex-Drug Youth Abusers to Achieve Meaningful Engagement” granted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust ($3,730,000)

2022-25 – Co-Principal Investigator – “A Longitudinal Study of the Profiles of Non-Engaged Youth (NEY) as well as the Risk and Protective Factors Affecting NEY’s School-to-work Transitions in Canada, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and South Korea” granted by Department of Social Work - International Research Collaboration Fund (HK$1,480,000)

Selected Conference & Symposium  Presentations

10.2023 - Workshop on “​Equipping At-risk Youths with Strength-based Holistic Approach: Instilling Hope for Career and Life Development” in CUHK SWK 60th Anniversary International Conference on Social Welfare Policy, Practice, Research and Education: Toward an Equitable and Sustainable Future. Hong Kong, China.

07.2023 - Lecture on “Sustaining Career and Life Development of Non-engaged Youth in the Post-Pandemic Era” in International Summer University in Social Work, Australia.