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Kinds of Kong Chinese Selected AbstractsDifferential age-related change of prose memory in older Hong Kong Chinese of higher and lower educationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, Issue 3 2004T. M. C. Lee Abstract Background Memory difficulty is one of the most common complaints of older people, with or without psychiatric conditions. It is therefore of utmost important to understand how normal ageing process impacts upon prose memory so as to gain insight into ways to differentiate pathological vs normal age-related changes of the recall of prose observed among older people. Objectives To understand the differential age-related change of prose memory in older Hong Kong Chinese of higher and lower education. Method Forty-eight normal, healthy Cantonese-speaking Chinese were recruited. Seventeen of them were younger, highly educated participants. Among the 31 older people recruited, 19 of them received education comparable with the younger participants and 12 were older people of low education. A prose passage was constructed to measure the different processes of prose memory, including learning efficiency, rate of forgetting, recall accuracy, accuracy of temporal sequence of information recalled, distortions, and recognition memory. Results As expected, ageing affected all the processes of prose memory measured, except the rate of forgetting. Apart from learning efficiency and rate of forgetting, education was observed to modify the effect of ageing on all the processes studied. Conclusions Changes of prose memory associated with ageing and the differential effect of education on prose recall among older people were discussed. The findings seem to suggest that prose memory is a multifaceted construct. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Heterogeneous mutations of the ATP2C1 gene causing Hailey,Hailey disease in Hong Kong ChineseJOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY & VENEREOLOGY, Issue 10 2010TS Cheng Abstract Background, Hailey,Hailey disease (HHD) is a rare autosomal dominant dermatosis. It causes suprabasilar acantholysis leading to vesicular and crusted erosions affecting the flexures. Mutation of ATP2C1 gene encoding the human secretory pathway Ca2+/Mn2+ -ATPase (hSPCA1) was identified to be the cause of this entity. Objective, The aim of this study was to study the mutational profile of the ATP2C1 gene in Hong Kong Chinese patients with HHD. Methods, Patients with the clinical diagnosis of HHD proven by skin biopsy were included in this study. Mutation analysis was performed in 17 Hong Kong Chinese patients with HHD. Results, Ten mutations in the ATP2C1 gene were found. Six of these were novel mutations. The novel mutations included a donor splice site mutation (IVS22+1G>A); a missense mutation (c.1049A>T); two deletion mutations (c.185_188delAGTT and c.923_925delAAG); an acceptor splice site mutation (IVS21-1G>C) and an insertion mutation (c.2454dupT). Conclusion, The six novel mutations provide additions to the HHD mutation database. No hot-spot mutation was found and high allelic heterogeneity was demonstrated in the Hong Kong Chinese patients. [source] A comparison of the acceptance of immunochemical faecal occult blood test and colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening: a prospective study among ChineseALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, Issue 1 2010M. C. S. Wong Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; 32: 74,82 Summary Background, Preferences to choose immunochemical faecal occult blood test (FIT) and colonoscopy as colorectal cancer (CRC) screening modalities among asymptomatic Chinese subjects remain unknown. Aim, To evaluate the preference of choosing colonoscopy vs. FIT among CRC screening participants. Methods, From a community-based CRC screening programme for asymptomatic Hong Kong Chinese aged 50,70 years, participants attended standardized educational sessions and chose the options of annual FIT for 5 years or direct colonoscopy once. Factors associated with choosing colonoscopy were evaluated by multivariate regression analysis. Results, Among 3430 participants [mean age 56.8 years (s.d. 5.0); female 55.1%, male 44.9%], 51.3% chose colonoscopy and 48.7% chose FIT. Older participants (65,70 years) were less likely to choose colonoscopy [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.731, P = 0.041]. Subjects who chose colonoscopy were those disagreed screening would lead to discomfort (aOR 1.356, P < 0.001), had relatives or friends who had CRC (first degree relatives aOR 1.679, P < 0.001; second degree relatives aOR 1.304, P = 0.019; friends or others aOR 1.252, P = 0.026) and those who self-perceived their health as poor (aOR 1.529, P = 0.025). Conclusions, Faecal occult blood test and direct colonoscopy were equally preferable to Chinese. Colonoscopy was preferred among the younger subjects, those with positive family history of CRC and self-perceived poor health status. [source] Validity and normative data for thirty-second chair stand test in elderly community-dwelling Hong Kong ChineseAMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, Issue 3 2006D.J. Macfarlane It is important to establish valid field measures of lower body strength in the elderly, and to provide representative normative values that are culturally specific in order to help health professionals in the risk assessment of this group. A sample of 1,038 elderly Hong Kong Chinese undertook a 30-sec chair stand test (30CST), with a subsample of 143 completing isometric measures of maximal hip flexion and knee extension, plus a habitual physical activity questionnaire. The 30CST was significantly, yet only weakly, correlated with the isometric strength measures (r , 0.3,0.4), but accurately discriminated between levels of habitual physical activity and across ages in decades. The normative values generated provide useful data for health screening in this elderly Hong Kong population, but do not compare well with their healthier US counterparts. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 18:418,421, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] The good old days and a better tomorrow: Historical representations and future imaginations of China during the 2008 Olympic GamesASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 2 2010Shirley Y. Y. Cheng Based on the stereotype content model, we examined Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese' historical representations and future imaginations of China during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Among Mainland Chinese, China's unprecedented economic growth and the resulted value competition led to the expectation of a more competent China in the future (vs now; a ,better tomorrow effect') and a perception of a warmer and more moral China in the past (vs now; the ,good old days effect'). As the Olympics proceeded, the perceived compatibility of competence and warmth/morality increased and the good old days effect diminished. Hong Kong Chinese, who also witnessed China's growth but did not directly experience the cultural implications of globalization in Mainland China, displayed the better tomorrow effect only. [source] Linking family dysfunction to suicidal ideation: Mediating roles of self-views and world-viewsASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 2 2009Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Research on suicide has documented various factors predicting suicidal ideation. The present study focused on the pathways emanating from one of the external, environmental forces (i.e. family dysfunction) through internal responses (beliefs about oneself and about the world), to suicidal ideation among Hong Kong Chinese. Using structural equation modelling, we tested the mediating roles of depressive self-views (including stress perception, depressive cognition and negative self-esteem) as well as two dimensions of social axioms (social cynicism and negative reward for application). Multi-group analysis showed that the mediation model was invariant across both males and females. Being socialized into a problematic family of origin affected multiple aspects of one's assessments of both oneself and one's world which, in turn, lead to greater suicidal ideation. Our findings provide important implications for assessing suicidal risk and guiding interventions in clinical treatment. [source] Preliminary validation of a Chinese version of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 1 2009Jonathan P. Maxwell The increased globalization of psychology and related fields necessitates the availability of psychometric instruments in a number of languages, countries and cultures. Unfortunately, research on anger and aggression in Chinese populations has suffered from a lack of valid and reliable measurement instruments. Therefore, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2) was translated into Chinese (Chinese STAXI-2). Two samples of Hong Kong Chinese (N = 489 and N = 775) completed the Chinese STAXI-2. Participants in the second sample also completed measures of anger rumination and aggression. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of responses from the first sample resulted in the loss of nine items from the 57 original items due to misspecification. A second CFA, using responses from the second sample, supported the construct validity of the modified scale. Moderate correlations were observed with measures of aggression and anger rumination, and significant differences were found between males and females on three anger expression subscales (Anger Expression-In, Anger Control-Out, and Anger Control-In). The preliminary evidence suggests that the abbreviated inventory may be a useful measure of state and trait anger, and anger expression in some Chinese populations. [source] Role of personal endorsement of outgroup members' distinctive values and need for cognitive closure in attitude towards the outgroupASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 1 2009Yanjun Guan The present study was designed to examine the role of the perceived culture of the outgroup and the perceiver's cognitive style on the intergroup process. We conducted a survey among mainland Chinese college students to discover the role of their personal endorsement of Hong Kong Chinese's distinctive values and need for cognitive closure in predicting their attitude towards the Hong Kong Chinese outgroup. Results showed that mainland Chinese who gave a higher endorsement of Hong Kong Chinese values were more likely to show a positive attitude towards Hong Kong Chinese, especially for people with a higher need for cognitive closure. These results were discussed in terms of the function of shared social reality on the formation of positive intergroup attitude. Future directions for intergroup research were proposed based on these findings. [source] Attributing causality and remembering events in individual- and group-acting situations: A Beijing, Hong Kong, and Wellington comparisonASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 1 2001Sik Hung Ng Previous research has shown that collectivists prefer external whereas individualists prefer internal attributions. To test the findings' generality across social situations, we compared the two attributions in situations where either an individual was acting on a group (Individual-acting) or the reverse (Group-acting). As predicted, collectivists' (Beijing and Hong Kong Chinese) greater preference for externality, and individualists' (Wellington Europeans) greater preference for internality, occurred in individual- but not group-acting situations. Collectivists' (mainly Hong Kong) memory of events was better in group- than in individual-acting situations according to prediction, but the predicted reversal was not found among individualists. The collectivist/individualist categorizations of the samples were supported by measures of self-construal. Indigenous Chinese concepts of ,unity, (tong tian ren) and ,combination, (he nei wai) were discussed to throw light on attribution processes that are not readily accessible through the concepts of collectivism and individualism. [source] Relationship between living arrangements and the psychological well-being of older people in Hong KongAUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 4 2004Ka-Man Ng Objectives:,This study explored the relationship between three types of living arrangements, namely living alone, living with family, and living in a hostel, and the psychological well-being of older people in Hong Kong. The impact of various sociodemographic factors on the choice of living arrangements of older people was also studied. Methods:,Ninety healthy Hong Kong Chinese were recruited from four multi-service centres and one hostel. An individual interview was conducted with each participant and the General Health Questionnaire-12 and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale-10 were administered. Results:,The results suggested that the psychological well-being of older people living in hostels was better than that of older people living alone, but that the psychological well-being of older people living with their family was not different from that of older people living alone. Conclusion:,That the psychological well-being of older people in different living arrangements is different may be explained by the differences in time for leisure, access to social services, as well as changes in their attitude towards co-residence with children. [source] Smoking pattern during pregnancy in Hong Kong ChineseAUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, Issue 3 2008Grace W. S. KONG Background: While the prevalence of young female smokers is rising among the Hong Kong Chinese population, data on their smoking pattern during pregnancy are limited. Aims: To investigate the smoking habit of Hong Kong Chinese women and their partners during pregnancy. Methods: Postal questionnaires were sent to 479 couples to explore their smoking patterns during pregnancy at one to two years after the index delivery. Results: Questionnaires were completed by 247 subjects. Among 117 women who were ever-smokers, 26% had stopped smoking before the index pregnancy, while 60% stopped and 14% reduced smoking during the pregnancy. Most women stopped smoking in the first trimester (93%) and prior to the first antenatal visit (79%). Those who used to smoke fewer cigarettes before pregnancy were more likely to stop smoking during pregnancy but women with a history of recreational drug use were more likely to continue smoking during pregnancy. The post-partum smoking relapse rate was 59% in women who had stopped smoking before or during their pregnancy. Only 2.6% of the partners who were ever-smokers stopped smoking before the pregnancy while smoking habits remained unchanged in 52%. Conclusions: Approximately one-fifth of an unselected sample of Hong Kong mothers had a history of smoking prior to pregnancy. Pregnancy is an opportune time to implement smoking intervention programs for female smokers and their partners with an emphasis on the maintenance of post-partum smoking abstinence. [source] Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in a Chinese populationACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 3 2004J. Woo Background , Ethnic differences in the prevalence of Parkinson's disease have been observed, but may be due to differences in screening instruments and diagnostic criteria. Aims , To compare the prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Hong Kong Chinese and Australians in Sydney. Methods , A door-to-door community survey in the Hong Kong Chinese population was carried out using a two-staged procedure (screening questionnaire followed by physical examination), which had been validated for use in the community in a survey among Australians, to determine the prevalence in Chinese and to compare with that in Australians. Results , A total of 1080 households were contacted, the non-response rate was 27%. The prevalence among those aged 55 years in the community and above was 0.5%, and 0.186% for the overall population assuming no subjects were below 55 years. These figures are lower than the 3.6% for Australians, aged >55 years. Conclusion , There appears to be a difference in prevalence of Parkinson's disease between Hong Kong Chinese and Australians in Sydney. Such differences may be due to documented differences in prevalence of genetic polymorphisms associated with Parkinson's disease between Chinese and Australians, or to differences in environmental factors. [source] | ||||||||||