Author: Man-Ching NgPublisher: Open Dissertation Press
ISBN: 9781374728691
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Languages : en
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This dissertation, "Hope Among the Chinese Students" by Man-ching, Ng, 吳文青, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this research is to study hope among the Chinese primary students. A convenient sample of 712 primary students ranging from primary 4 to 6 responded to the survey questionnaire. Children Hope Scale (CHS; Snyder, Hoza et al., 1997), Self-descriptive Questionnaire 1 (SDQ 1; Marsh, 1988) and Academic Achievement Score (AAS) were used to study hope and its relationships with self-concept and academic achievement. One-way ANOVA analysis, correlation analysis, univariate tests, post hoc test and multiple regression analysis were conducted to examine hope among Chinese primary students and its relationships to self-esteem and academic achievement. The findings showed that female students statistically excelled male students in the CHS, SDQ 1 and AAS scores. More importantly, the findings indicated there was gender difference in hope among Chinese children. It questioned previous finding that there was no gender difference in the CHS. This contradictory finding implies that cultural factor plays a role in children's hope. Second, although CHS was successful in predicting academic achievement, the amount of the variance they explained was very small. Pathway failed to predict unique variance of academic achievement. These findings imply that cultural difference in attributing success may exist. Third, academic self-esteem was proven more powerful than CHS in predicting students' academic achievement. IIIImplications for research and practice in developmental guidance were discussed. IV DOI: 10.5353/th_b3030037 Subjects: Hope Self-perception in children - China - Hong Kong Academic achievement - China - Hong Kong School children - China - Hong Kong - Psychology
