Parenting as an indicator of family quality of life: Profiles in Hong Kong
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AbstractBackground: Family life experience is a major component of the individual’s subjective feeling of the quality of life (Wan & Lo, 2015), while the parent-child related issues compose the major part of and influence other parts of one’s family life. Parenting could be used as a useful indicator to look into the family quality of life, as it reflects not only the parenting knowledge and style the parents have, but also the parents’ mental health, self-efficacy, the family life structure, the marital relationship, the development of the children, the parent-child relationship and the family atmosphere in general.
Main body: This presentation will give a comprehensive review on 1) profiles of Hong Kong families, 2) parenting issues and well-being of Hong Kong families, 3) the contextual factors shape parenting practices and family well-being; and 4) introducing the research project entitled “Raising children in Hong Kong: A mixed-methods study of generational shifts in parental beliefs and practice”;
Discussion: The overview underscores the importance of contextual factors in shaping the ecology of parenthood and family wellbeing, and enhance our understanding of the social construction of parenthood.
Main body: This presentation will give a comprehensive review on 1) profiles of Hong Kong families, 2) parenting issues and well-being of Hong Kong families, 3) the contextual factors shape parenting practices and family well-being; and 4) introducing the research project entitled “Raising children in Hong Kong: A mixed-methods study of generational shifts in parental beliefs and practice”;
Discussion: The overview underscores the importance of contextual factors in shaping the ecology of parenthood and family wellbeing, and enhance our understanding of the social construction of parenthood.
All Author(s) ListLam C. M., Xia Lili
Name of Conference16th ISQOL Annual Conference: Promotion of Quality of Life in the Changing World
Start Date of Conference14/06/2018
End Date of Conference16/06/2018
Place of ConferenceHong Kong
Country/Region of ConferenceHong Kong
Year2018
Month6
LanguagesEnglish-United States
KeywordsParenting, family quality of life, well-being of parents and families