Psychosocial Needs

Daniel TL Shek, PhD, FHKPS, BBS, SBS, JP, is Associate Vice President (undergraduate Programme) and Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong, PRC, Advisory Professor of East China Normal University, Honorary Professor of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau and Adjunct Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, United States. He is Chief Editor of Journal of Youth Studies and Applied Research in Quality of Life, past Consulting Editor of Journal of Clinical Psychology, and editorial board member of Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Asian Journal of Counseling, International Journal on Disability and Human Development, International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health and Journal of Adolescent Health. He has served in many government advisory bodies, including the Action Committee against Narcotics, Commission on Youth, Fight Crime Committee and Family Council. He has published numerous books, book chapters and more than 500 scientific articles in international refereed journals. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Preface; Introduction; Helping Young People with Greater Psychosocial Needs; What We Learned from the Insiders: Evaluation of a Community-Based Positive Youth Development Program; Promotion of Positive Youth Development through a Horticultural Therapy Program; Success Factors of a Community-Based Positive Youth Development Program; Identification of Success Factors of the Community-Based Adolescent Project; Factors Contributing to the Success in Life & Career; Perceived Benefits of a Life & Career Development Program; Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Program for Low-Achieving Students; Did Students Apply What They Had Learned from a Positive Youth Development Program in Their Real-Life Situations?; Does Students Academic Ability Make a Difference in the Learning Outcomes of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong?; The Experiences of Early Adolescents after Joining a Positive Youth Development Program; Index.