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Fang, S. & Leung, C. H. (2025). An exploratory study: The impact of the IT entrepreneurship training program on career development among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. Societies, 15(3), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc15030048. 

Prof. Leung

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/3/48

Yum, Y. N. C., Li, X. F., Poon, K. Y., & Leung, C. H. (2025). Reducing smartphone overuse for adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-07493-w  

Prof. Leung

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-025-07493-w

Chan GH, Lo TW. The Effectiveness of Project Careerpillar in Enhancing Youths' Self and Career Development. Research on Social Work Practice. 2025 Dec 11:10497315251399161.

Prof. Lo

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10497315251399161

Chan, B.-K., Chan, S. T.-M., Cho, E. Y.-N., & Chan, Y.-M. (2025). To Overcome or Be Overwhelmed? Contextual Disadvantages in the School-to-Work Transition of South and Southeast Asian Youths in the Hong Kong Chinese Context. Adolescents, 5(4), 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents5040070

Dr. Esther Cho

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7051/5/4/70

Chan, S. T.-M., Chan, B.-K., Cho, E. Y.-N., Lam, H. F., & Chan, Y.-M. (2025). Ethnic Identity Construction in the Transition of Ethnic Minority Youths to Employment in the Hong Kong-Chinese Context. The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. doi: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246225500025

Dr. Esther Cho

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S0219246225500025

Jesse W. C. Yip & Hazel Mei-Yung Lam (11 Sep 2025): Identity constructionand emotions of novice kindergarten teachers under socio-political changes in Hong Kong,Cambridge Journal of Education, DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2025.2551537

Dr. Hazel Lam 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0305764X.2025.2551537

Cho, E. Y. N. (2024). A qualitative investigation of financial decision-making and enabling factors among ethnic minority young adults in Hong Kong. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03605-1

Dr. Esther Cho

SCCI Listed, HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS Q1
Five Year Impactor 3.7

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03605-1

Fang, S., & Leung, C. H. (2024). Spiritual Health and Psychological Distress Among Hong Kong Community Lay Leaders. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1095.

Prof. Leung

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/11/1095

Low, Y. T., & Lee, K. W. (2024). Comparative Outcomes of Three School-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Adolescent Suicide Prevention in Hong Kong. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 12(20), 2056. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12202056  

Dr. Andrew Low

 

Dr. Kaspar Lee

SSCI Listed,

Q2

Five Year Impactor 2.5

 

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/20/2056

Low, Y. T. A., Wong, D. F. K., Kwok, S. Y. C. L., Man, K. W., & Ip, S. Y. (2024). Effectiveness of a culturally adapted school-based cognitive-behavioral group delivered by social workers for primary school children to reduce their anxiety in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/29949769.2023.2296894.

Dr. Andrew Low

 

SSCI Listed, Q1:
SOCIAL WORK, Multidiscipline, 18/44; 5-year impact factor: 1.6 Q1

 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/29949769.2023.2296894#abstract

 

                                                  

Chan, S. C. Y., Huang, Q. L., & Low, A. Y. T. (2023). Find joy in sorrows: The role of hope in buffering the psychological impact of COVID-19 on Chinese university students in Hong Kong. Behavioral Sciences, 13(10), 821.

Dr. Andrew Low

SSCI Listed, Q2: Psychology, Multidiscipline

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/10/821

Low, A. Y. T. (2023). Parent–Adolescent Conflict: Adolescents' Coping Strategies and Preferred Parenting Styles during the Social Movements in Hong Kong, 2019. Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 756. Dr. Andrew Low

SSCI-listed, Q2: Psychology, Multidiscipline, 85/213; 5-year Impact factor: 3.2

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/9/756

Other publications

Fellows

Cho, Y. N., Lo, T. W., Low, Y. T. A., & Siu, C. Y. J. (2025). Immobility Decisions and Wellbeing: The Younger Stayers in Hong Kong (2024.B9.006.24A). Chief Executive's Policy Unit. https://www.cepu.gov.hk/en/PRFS/ppr-reports.html

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Dr. Esther Cho

曹嬿妮。兒童及青年硏究中心,聖方濟各大學。"青少年性別不安的生活挑戰"。<明報月刊>。

 

Dr. Esther Cho

林靜雯, 馮家宜, 羅綺雯。"幼稚園家長壓力和管教研究報告"。2024年10月, 聖雅各福群會出版。

Prof. Lam Ching Man