Subjective Residential Environment and Its Implications for Quality of Life Among University Students in Hong Kong

Ng, Sai Leung

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3602-7_16

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“…Moreover, educational researchers commonly employ non-probability sampling, such as convenience sampling, by using available classes as samples (Sylvia-Bobiak and Caldwell, 2006;Garland, Kim, Lancster and Ponsford, 2006;Ng, 2005). Violet, Garland and Pendleton (1986) argued that using non-probability sampling does not necessarily diminish the contribution of a study.…”

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The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

Olivia¹,

Tong²,

Wong³

2012

jmr

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This research examined the relationship between materialism and the unethical behaviour of consumers and how demographic variables affect the relationship between materialism and consumer ethics. A research framework with five hypotheses was established to examine these relationships. The study adopted the consumer ethics scale and the measure of materialistic attitudes scale (MMA) used in prior studies. Based on convenience sampling, 303 participants completed an anonymous questionnaire. Multiple-indicators were used to Journal of Management Research ISSN 1941-899X 2012 www.macrothink.org/jmr 52 measure the two variables of materialism and consumer ethics with respondents being asked to answer a number of questions for each variable. Cronbach's alpha value was used to test internal reliability. Data were analysed by using descriptive analysis, exploratory factor analysis, Pearson product moment correlation, independent samples t-test, and multiple regression analysis. Findings indicate that the relationship between materialism and consumer ethics is not significant and that demographic variables of age, income and education all have a moderating effect on the relationship with education being a very important factor in developing a healthy ethical attitude among young people which may prompt governments to allocate more resource to education and encourage educators to pay more attention to moral and civic education.

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The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

Olivia¹,

Tong²,

Wong³

2012

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“…In Hong Kong, the focus lies mainly on the social and economic integration difficulties and service needs (HKISS 1997 ; So 2003 ; Wong 2008 ; Wong 2007 ; Lai 1997 ; The Hong Kong Council of Social Service 2009 ; Mo et al 2006 ), the psychological well-being (Wong 2001 ; Lai 1997 ) and the employment situation (Lee 2004 ). In the area of QOL, studies could be found on economically disadvantaged group (Wong 2011 , 2005 ), aged adult (Cheung et al 2005 ; Lee 2005 ; Wong 2005 ; Chan et al 2009 ), university students (Ng 2005 ), working adult (Cheung and Leung 2010 ; Mo and Mak 2010 ) and cancer patients (Lai et al 2010 ).…”

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Correlates of Quality of Life in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China

2011

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The concept of Quality of life (QOL) has received considerable attention from different disciplines. The aim of this study was to identify what are the correlates of QOL among Chinese new immigrants in Hong Kong. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey among 449 Hong Kong new immigrants from Mainland China. Bivariate and multiple regression analyses were performed to examine the association between immigrants’ QOL and their demographic characteristics, socio-economic factors, optimism, sense of control, perceived social support, perceived neighborhood disorder, collective efficacy, pre-migration planning, depressive symptoms and acculturation stress. Our findings demonstrated that depressive symptom is the most prominent factor in reducing immigrants’ level of QOL, perceived social support and optimism are the two important factors that enhance the QOL of these depressed immigrants. Our results indicate that preventive measures must be developed, and professional counseling and psychological support services must be provided to new immigrants in Hong Kong, especially those who have depressive symptoms.

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“…Third, the hypothesis that using assistive devices will have an impact on subjective health satisfaction was also confirmed. In previous studies, their positive impact on satisfaction with subjective health [ 11 , 12 , 14 ] was dismissed, whereas their negative impact on subjective health status [ 16 , 17 ] was accepted. We believe the socio-cultural prejudice against using assistive devices among Koreans negatively affects the subjective health status.…”

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“…Assistive devices may also improve users’ rehabilitation and social participation, leading to satisfaction with daily life [ 13 , 14 ] and an enhanced quality of life [ 15 ]. However, those who use assistive devices may also experience more pain and a lower level of subjective satisfaction compared with those who do not [ 16 ]. Particularly, first-time users may be unsatisfied with changes in their social relationships attributable to emotional reasons [ 17 ].…”

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Subjective health status of multimorbidity: verifying the mediating effects of medical and assistive devices

Lee

Yoon

Lee

2018

Int J Equity Health

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BackgroundThis study aimed to verify the mediating effect of using assistive devices as a factor that alleviates the relationship between multimorbidity and subjective health status.MethodsThis study used three-year data (2011–2013) from the Korea Health Panel (KHP). The data were jointly collected by the consortium of the National Health Insurance Service and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.ResultsThe mediating effect of using assistive devices was verified, but the direction of the effect was deteriorated subjective health. In other words, in terms of the impact of multimorbidity on subjective health, using assistive devices had a negative impact (−) on subjective health.ConclusionsThe current assessment system for medical devices, narrow scope for choice of assistive devices, and limited scope of health insurance benefits must change to ultimately lead to a positive mediating effect on using medical devices and on subjective health satisfaction of patients with chronic diseases. A system that embraces all ages and generations must be developed. To this end, it is necessary to expand the scope of medical devices and insurance payment in long-term care insurance for elderly users, as well as the active meaning of medical devices in terms of health insurance.

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Subjective Residential Environment and Its Implications for Quality of Life Among University Students in Hong Kong

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

The Impact of Materialism on Consumer Ethics: An Empirical Study on Adult Students in Hong Kong

Correlates of Quality of Life in New Migrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China

Subjective health status of multimorbidity: verifying the mediating effects of medical and assistive devices

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