岭大调查发现父母恩爱乃香港儿童快乐的关键-DigitalCommons.PDF

Parents in a loving and caring relationship is crucial to Hong Kong childrens happiness, Lingnan University survey finds 嶺大調查發現：父母恩愛乃香港兒童快樂的關鍵 27 Sep 2012 A caring and loving relationship between parents, and parents’ respect for children’s views and privacy are what Hong Kong children value the most in defining their happiness. While financial well-being is clearly important, it is far less important than having a warm, loving family that promotes effective communication and avoids strongly worded rebukes and disciplinary actions, according to the results of the latest happiness survey conducted by the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) of Lingnan University. From left: Prof Ho Lok-sang, Director of CPPS, Lingnan University; Dr C B Chow, Board Chairman of Early Childhood Development Research Foundation, and Dr Henry Au Yeung, Chairman of Fund Raising of ECDRF. This study was commissioned by the Early Childhood Development Research Foundation and sponsored by Henderson Land Group. Conducted between November 2011 and January 2012, the survey covered 1,025 senior primary school and junior secondary school students aged between 8 and 17 from 14 primary schools and 15 secondary schools. Where possible, the sampled data was paired up with data provided by one of the child’s parents for analysis. Like previous surveys, Happiness is found to be crucially determined by Love, Insight, Fortitude and Engagement (collectively known as the “LIFE scores”), each of which is measured on an 11-point scale from 0 to 10. If the child loves the parents and enjoys good relations with his/her parents (Love); if the child has a good sense of balance and understand success more in terms of achieving one’s potential than in terms of specific outcomes (Insight); if the child is able to face adversity (Fortitude); and if the child is actively engaged (Engagement), he or she will