TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of Psychosocial Competence and Well-Being of Chinese High School Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic
T2 - Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Project in Mainland China
AU - Shek, Daniel T.L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Open access funding provided by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Project was financially supported by Tin Ka Ping Foundation. The preparation for this paper was financially supported by the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (ZZ4U and WZ8A) and the Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee (ZH4C and ZECL).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - Mental health problem is a growing problem in mainland China and the situation has worsened under the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides focusing on tertiary and secondary prevention strategies, there is an urgent need to enhance the well-being of adolescents through primary prevention programs. During the pandemic, a positive youth development program entitled “Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Program” was implemented in schools in mainland China. In 2022/23 academic year, students were invited to write a weekly diary on their experience about the program after completion of the program (N = 2,337). Qualitative evaluation showed that 98.2% of the students perceived the program was beneficial to their well-being in different domains. Specifically, students perceived the program enhanced their sense of community, school and academic adjustment, interpersonal relations (family relations and peer relations), and intrapersonal competence (including optimism, resilience, positive coping with stress, spirituality, life meaning and cherishing one’s life). In conjunction with other quantitative and qualitative evaluation findings, the triangulated findings strongly suggest Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Program is a promising program that enhances the psychosocial competence and quality of life of adolescents.
AB - Mental health problem is a growing problem in mainland China and the situation has worsened under the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides focusing on tertiary and secondary prevention strategies, there is an urgent need to enhance the well-being of adolescents through primary prevention programs. During the pandemic, a positive youth development program entitled “Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Program” was implemented in schools in mainland China. In 2022/23 academic year, students were invited to write a weekly diary on their experience about the program after completion of the program (N = 2,337). Qualitative evaluation showed that 98.2% of the students perceived the program was beneficial to their well-being in different domains. Specifically, students perceived the program enhanced their sense of community, school and academic adjustment, interpersonal relations (family relations and peer relations), and intrapersonal competence (including optimism, resilience, positive coping with stress, spirituality, life meaning and cherishing one’s life). In conjunction with other quantitative and qualitative evaluation findings, the triangulated findings strongly suggest Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Program is a promising program that enhances the psychosocial competence and quality of life of adolescents.
KW - Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Program
KW - Positive Youth Development
KW - Qualitative Evaluation
KW - Diaries
KW - Adolescent Well-Being
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U2 - 10.1007/s11482-024-10350-9
DO - 10.1007/s11482-024-10350-9
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85200888547
SN - 1871-2584
VL - 19
SP - 2727
EP - 2748
JO - Applied Research in Quality of Life
JF - Applied Research in Quality of Life
IS - 5
ER -
