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Professor YUEN, Man Tak

Professor YUEN, Man Tak

袁文得

Director of Laboratory and Program for Creativity and Talent Development (CATD),
Co-Director of Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE),
Chartered Psychologist & Associate Fellow (BPS),
Certified Counsellor, Approved Supervisor & Fellow (HKPCA),
Registered Psychologist (Counselling Psychology and Educational Psychology) & Fellow (HKPsS)
Registered Clinical Supervisor, Asian Professional Counselling & Psychology Association (APCPA)
Educational Psychologist in Accredited Register (HKAEP)

Associate Professor

Academic Unit of Human Communication, Learning, and Development


Qualification

Ph.D.(CUHK), MSc.(London), MAEd (CUHK), Cert.Ed.(HKU), B.Soc.Sc.(HKU)

Email

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Phone

(852) 3917 8542

Location

Room 518, Meng Wah Complex

Prospective PhD/ EdD/ MPhil Applications

I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2025-2026.

Teaching Areas:

  • MEDD7001 Psychology and Education of the Gifted and Talented Learners
  • MEDD7038 Counselling, Career Education and Talent Development in Schools
  • MEDD6248 Theories and Practices of Counselling and Group Guidance
  • MEDD8884 Career Counselling and Talent Development in Schools 
  • MEDD8008 Research Project
  • MEDD8009 Professional Portfolio
  • MEDD8602 Practicum in Counselling and Group Guidance
  • MEDD8603 Practicum in Gifted Education and Talent Development  
  • EDUC7166 Supporting Gifted and Talented Learners in Schools
  • EDUC7167 Supporting Students' Career Planning and Life Skills Development  
  • EDUR8043 Career Education and Life Skills Development in Schools 
  • EDUR8100 Nurturing Creativity and Talent Development 
  • PhD and EdD Dissertation Supervision

 

Research Interests:

  • Connectedness, self-efficacy, meaning in life, life satisfaction, life career development and well-being of children and young people
  • Connectedness, self-efficacy, meaning in life, life satisfaction, life career development and well-being of gifted learners and people with special needs
  • Social cognitive theory, social cognitive career theory, sociocultural perspective, perfectionism, gifted education and talent development programmes, inclusive and special education, invitational education, social and emotional learning, comprehensive guidance and counseling programmes in schools, programme and policy evaluation, meta-analysis, Adlerian individual psychology and well-being 

  • 2022 Honorary Advisor, Asian Professional Counselling & Psychology Association 
  • 2022 Vice- President, Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness Long Service
  • 2022 Long Service Award (25 years), The University of Hong Kong
  • 2022 Registered Clinical Supervisor, Asian Professional Counselling & Psychology Association (APCPA) 
  • 2021 Member, Editorial Board, Gifted Education International
  • 2021 Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Career Development
  • 2020 Member, Editorial Board, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • 2018 Lead Editor, Springer Book Series Advancing Inclusive and Special Education in the Asia-Pacific
  • 2018 Principal Investigator (2018 – 2022) Jockey Club Project Play and Gain Social-Emotional Learning from Kindergarten to Community
  • 2017 Regional Leader for East Asia (2017), International Society for Policy Research and Evaluation in School-Based Counseling
  • 2016 Principal investigator (2016-2017) QEF "No Play No Gain" Kindergarten Social Emotional Learning Project
  • 2016 Executive Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness
  • 2015 Fellow, Hong Kong Psychological Society
  • 2015 Faculty Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2014, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education
  • 2014 Fellow, Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association
  • 2014 Long Service Award (15 years), The University of Hong Kong
  • 2013 Marden Scholar, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, HKU
  • 2012 Principal Investigator (2012- 2015) GRF Project “Life skills development in junior secondary students: influence of purpose, connectedness and comprehensive guidance programs”
  • 1989  Hong Kong Government Training Scholar, Hong Kong Government Training Scholarship in Educational Psychology

 

  • Professional Development Programme for Special Educational Needs Coordinators in Ordinary Primary and Secondary Schools (2024/25 - 2026/27 School Years)

    Project Lead: Mantak YUEN (Course Coordinator and Principal Investigator)                                                                                      Co-Project Leads: Kit CHAN (Co-Course Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigator), Jesus Alfonso D. DATU (Co-Principal Investigator)

    Special Duties: Ricky Van Yip TSO (Quality Assurance Committee Member, Course Instructor and Co-Investigator), Tsang Nam Janna CHAN (Quality Assurance Committee Member, Course Instructor and Co-Investigator)

    Course Instructors: Derrick AU, Ho Tat CHU, Nga Lei Lilian CHAU, Richard CHIU, Pat HUANG, PL KUNG, An Yee Queenie LEE, Jo NG, Simon NG, Ada SO

    Programme Manager: Virginia CHEUNG

    Quality Assurance Committee Chairperson: Franky Poon

    Funding: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Education Bureau

     

  • Development of a Set of Identification Tools for Gifted and Talented Students (PI: Professor Jesus Alfonso D.DATU, Co-PI; Professor Mantak YUEN,  Dr Serene CHAN; funded by Hong Kong Academcy for Gifted Education)    

  • Life Skills and Career Planning Self-Efficacy, Meaning in Life and Social Connectedness: An Online Longitudinal Study of Junior Secondary Students in Hong Kong (Life Skills, Meaning in Life and Career Development Project; PI; Collaborator: Hong Kong Association of Career Masters and Guidance Masters)

  • Life Skills Self-Efficacy, Career Adaptability, Vocational Identity, Meaning in Life, Determination, Hope and Social Connectedness: A Study of Gifted and Talented Students (The Life Skills and Career Development Project; PI; Collaborator: Hong Kong Academcy for Gifted Education) 

  • Jockey Club Project Well-being  (Convenors: Esther Ho, Elaine Chan; Research Partners: Mantak Yuen, Florence Wu; Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust) 

  • Are Triarchic Model of Grit Dimensions Related to Subsequent Achievement Goals and Academic Engagement in Math and Science in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Philippines? (PI: Jess A D Datu; Co-I: M.M. Chiu, Mantak Yuen, Mingchen Fu, Ricci W.T Fong, N J Mateo; Research Grant Council - Early Career Scheme)

  • Play and Gain Social-Emotional Learning from Kindergarten to Community 賽馬會「玩學相長」計劃 Jockey Club ‘Play n Gain’ Project (PI; Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust )

  • Research Study to Develop and Evaluate a Model for Life Planning for SEN Students (F.1- F.3) (PI; Community Services Division Tung Wah Group of Hospitals)

  • "No Play No Gain" Kindergarten Social Emotional Learning Project (PI; Quality Education Fund 2015/0255)

  • Project n KLA-Based Differentiation for Gifted Students in Regular Class (Primary Schools)(PI; Gifted Education Secton Hong Kong SAR Education Bureau)

  • Life skills development in junior secondary students: influence of purpose, connectedness and comprehensive guidance programs (PI; RGC GRF HKU 756312)

  • Overcoming obstacles associated with other learning experiences and school-based assessment: Perspectives of high school students with visual impairment in Hong Kong (PI; Collaborative Research Project of HKU Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education and Hong Kong Blind Union; Marden Seed Grant)

  • Efficacy beliefs in supporting twice-exceptional students among guidance professionals in Hong Kong: Relations to professional burnout and school guidance climate. (project code 201010159021; PI; Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, HKU)

  • The Career and Life Adventure Planning for Youth Project (CLAP for Youth @JC) ( Chief Principal Investigator: Professor Alvin S. Leung; Principal Investigator: Dr. Esther Y. Ho ; Principal Investigator: Professor Victor C. Wong; Co-Principal Investigator: Professor To Siu Ming; Co-investigators: Professor Stephen W. Chiu, Professor Fanny M. Cheung, Professor Irvin King, Professor Patrick S Y Lau, Professor Pun Wai Yin, Professor Eunice Tang, Dr. Raysen Cheung, Professor Petrus Ng, Dr. Esther Cho, Dr. Pan Jiayan, Dr. Sharon Leung, Dr. Yuen Man Tak; initiated by Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust; co-organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University)

  • Wellness among school teachers in Hong Kong: The relationship with occupational stress and purpose in life (PI: PSY Lau; Co-investigators: RMC Chan, J Myers, M Yuen; GRF CUHK 448310H)

  • Connectedness and life skills development among primary school students: Relationship to comprehensive developmental guidance programs in schools (PI; RGC GRF HKU 754509H)

  • Connectedness, leadership talent, personal-social self-efficacy, and life satisfaction among high ability and average ability Chinese adolescents. (PI; Small Project Fund, HKU)

  • Life skills development and school connectedness among senior secondary students: Relations to comprehensive developmental guidance programs in schools. (PI; RGC CERG HKU 7453/06H)

  • Learning to collaborate: Promoting collaborative problem solving in guiding adolescents in schools. (PI; Teaching Development Grant 2006-2007)

  • Assessing career and talent development among high ability and average ability Chinese adolescents (PI; HKU Project Fund)

  • Life skills development among upper primary and junior secondary students: its relationship to comprehensive developmental guidance programs in schools (PI; RGC CERG HKU 7295/03H)

  • Assessing perfectionism among gifted and non-gifted students in Hong Kong (PI; funded by Faculty Research Fund)

  • Life skills development among senior secondary school students in Hong Kong (PI; Quality Education Fund)

Conference and Invited presentations

 

2024 

 

Yuen, M. (2024 October). Exploring meaning in life, hope, and social connectedness in Asian gifted learners: Implications for educators, parents, and policymakers. A keynote presentation for International Conference on Gifted Education. IIlluminate India: Creating connections among gifted education stakeholders. 18-19th October, 2024, Pune India. 

 

Yuen, M., Chan,S., Zhang, J. & Datu, J.A.D. (2024 August). Student wellbeing. An invited  presentation for Symposium on Gifted Education Guidelines for the Asia Pacific Region. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 19, 2024.

Yuen, M., Zhang, J., Chan, S., Chan, R. T.H., Fung, E., Ho, E. Y.-F., Yau, J. & Datu, J.A.D.   (2024 August). Transforming gifted minds: Exploring hope, meaning in life, and social connectedness in Chinese gifted students. Paper presentation. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 20, 2024.

Huifei Jiang, H. & Yuen, M. (2024 August). The moderating role of cultural orientations in the relationship between growth mindset and academic achievement among gifted students. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 18, 2024.

Chan, S. & Cheung, W.M. (2024 August). Museum mission: Enrichment and cultural learning for multicultural students in kindergarten. Paper presentation.The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 20, 2024.

Liu, S. & Yuen, M. (2024 August). Nurturing young children ’ s creativity through play in Chinese family context: Early childhood gifted education perspective. Paper presentation. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 18, 2024.

Ng, A. , de la Torre, J. & Yuen, M. (2024 August). Exploring the Impacts of online service learning on character strengths development among high-ability Chinese secondary school students: A qualitative intervention study. Paper presentation. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 19, 2024.

Che, O.M. & Yuen, M. (2024 August). Parental influence on career and talent development of gifted pianists: A Macau based case study. Poster presentation. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 19, 2024.

Zhang, J., Yuen, M., Fung, E., Luo, X., Chan, S.  & , . & Datu, J.A.D. (2024 August). Exploring well-being and career development in gifted senior secondary school students: A comparative analysis between Shenzhen and Hong Kong China. Paper presentation. The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. August 19, 2024.

 

Yuen, M. & Chan, S. (2024 May). Cultivating children's talents - Practical tips for parents. Invited Parent Workshop. Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School. 11 May 2024.   
袁文得、陳穗寧 (2024 年5月)。 培育孩子的才華 - 給家長的實用技巧。 家長工作坊。 吳氏宗親總會泰伯紀念學校。 2024年5月11日。

 

Chan, S. & Yuen, M. (2024 April). Igniting the spark: Cultivating creativity in primary school students and teachers' mental health. Teacher Professional Development Day. Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School. April 8, 2024.

陳穗寧、袁文得 (2024年4月)。 燃起火花:培養小學生創造力與教師心理健康。 教師專業發展日。 吳氏宗親總會泰伯紀念學校。 2024年4月8日。

 

Yuen, M. (2024 April). Advocating for gifted and talented individuals : Reflections in Asian cultural contexts. Invited Presentation. The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. WCGTC Webinar. If You Build It, They Will Come: Advocating for the Gifted.  9 April 2024.

 

Yuen, M. (2024, March). Guiding and supporting students' career and life planning: Exploring teachers' roles and techniques [Invited Presentation]. Staff Development Day, Valtorta College.                          袁文得 (2024年3月)。指导和支持学生的职业和生活规划:探讨教师的角色和技巧。教师专业发展日。恩主教書院。

 

2023

 

Yuen, M. (2023 December). Teacher education and professional development policies and practices in Hong Kong China with reference to guidelines on enhancing gifted learners’ wellbeing. A presentation for the International Symposium on Teacher Training and Professional Development for the Education of the Gifted and Talented in the Asia-Pacific Region.  Pre-event of Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness 2024. Takamatsu, Japan. Dec 10 2023.

 

Yuen, M. (2023 December). How to support gifted students achieving their best in our classroom? An invited sharing on Staff Development Day. Wah Yan College, Kowloon (WYK). 4th December 2023.

 

Chan, W.C. M., de la Torre, J., Yuen, M. (2023 October). Pilot study on promoting well-being and positive youth outcomes through a brief intervention program on personal narratives and storytelling. 49th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education.   Texas Christian University (TCU).  October 26th-28th, 2023.

 

Yuen, M., Ng, A. W.-y., Chan, S.  & Leung, P.K.Y. (2023 February). Nurturing character strengths, creativity and thinking skills: Perspectives from Hong Kong China. An invited panel discussion on Instruction design for inclusive classrooms with high ability students in Asia. Educators’ Summit Asia ‘23. Organized by Partners in UpBringing, Singapore & Koveri Gifted Education and Research Centre, India. February 16 & 17 2023.

 

Yuen, M. & Feng, J. (2023 April). Equipping teachers to implement positive education at school.  Invited experience sharing and case studies. Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School Staff Development Day Programme.  April 4 2023.

 

2022 

 

Yuen, M. (2022 July). Hong Kong Counselling Profession: Status and Development. Invited  9th Forum Four Region Special Report.  Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao Universities Psychological Counseling and Counseling Summit Forum. Chinese Mental Health Association College Student Psychological Counseling Professional Committee, Taiwan Counseling and Counseling Society, Hong Kong Psychological Society Counseling Psychology Division, Macau Student Affairs Association Co-hosted by Hong Kong Shue Yan University. 袁文得 (2022年7月).香港辅导专业:现状与发展. 第九届论坛四地特邀报告. 海峡两岸暨港澳地区高校心理辅导与咨询高峰论坛.中国心理卫生协会大学生心理咨询专业委员会、台湾辅导与咨商学会、香港心理学会辅导心理学部、澳门学生事务协会 共同主办香港树仁大学承办举行 2022年7月27日

 

Yuen, M. (2022 July). Hong Kong Counselling Profession: Status and Development, Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao Universities Psychological Counseling and
Counseling Summit Forum (Online). 26-30 July, 2022. 

 

Yuen, M. (2022 July). Life satisfaction of gifted adolescents: Relations with career self-efficacy, perseverance of effort and adaptability to situations. Symposium on Career Development and Well-being of Gifted Learners. The 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness (APCG), Taipei, Taiwan, July 9, 2022. 

 

Yuen, M., Zhang, J., Man, P.K.W., Mak, J., Chung, Y.B.,  Lee, Q.A.Y. , Chan, A.K.C., So, A., Chan, R. (2022 June). A strengths-based longitudinal career intervention for junior secondary school students with special educational needs: Impacts on students’ meaning in life and self-efficacy.The International MIL Conference 2022. Organized  by Hong Kong Shue Yan University,  Gratia Christian College,  Colorado State University. 22-25 June 2022. 

 

Yuen, M. (2022 May). Laughter yoga:For happiness, health and peace. Invited presentation. Sun Yat-sen University Mental Health Education and Counselling Centre Psychology Talk.  2022 May 27. 袁文得 (2022年5月). 爱笑瑜伽——给大家带来快乐、健康与和平.中山大学心理健康教育咨询中心心理学讲座。

 

Hsi, T.,  Sou, E. & Yuen, M. (2022 May). Efficacy of a group career intervention with unemployed individuals in Singapore: A mixed-method approach. Asia Pacific Career Development Association. APCDA Conference. May 20 2022.

 

Yuen, M. (2022, March). Collaborative efforts in supporting all students in schools: The roles of the Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education. An invited presentation for the CSGCA Coordinators from Japan. University of Hiroshima Faculty of School Education. March 19 2022. 

 

2021 

 

Chau, L. & Yuen, M. (2021 Dec). "A Professional Development Programme to Support Hong Kong Early Childhood Practitioners in Assisting Children to Learn through Play" Learning & Teachign Expo LTE presentation 2021 Dec 10. 

周雅莉博士 (助理教授, 耀中幼教學院) 袁文得博士 (副教授, 香港大學教育學

院)(支援香港幼稚園教師 以協助幼兒從遊戲中學習的 專業發展計劃) (2021 Dec). 

 

Yuen, M. (2021 November).  Well-being in Primary and Secondary School Students during the Pandemic. Invited  presentation. PLK Jockey Club Project Well-being Steering Committee Meeting.  November 5 2021 

 

Yuen, M., Zhang, J., Man, P.K.W., Mak, J., Chung, Y.B.,  Lee, Q.A.Y. , Chan, A.K.C., So, A., Chan, R. (2021 November). A strengths-based longitudinal career intervention for junior secondary school students with special educational needs: A mixed-method Evaluation.  AHRD-ARACD 2021 virtual conference Hosted by Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), MALAYSIA. 6-18 November, 2021.  Best Paper Award. 

 

Chan, W.C.M.,  De La Torre, J. & Yuen, M. (2021 August). Fostering students’ well-being through meaning intervention strategies. INPM’s Virtual 11th Biennial International Meaning Conference 2021. August 7 2021.

 

Chan, W.C.M.,  De La Torre, J. & Yuen, M. (2021 July) Adolescents’ meaning, purpose and satisfaction in life, emotional regulation, and social connectedness: A review with implications for research and practice in the context of a pandemic. 15th The Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education APNME Annual Conference. July 9 to 11, 2021

 

Yuen, M., Ho, E. Y. F., Yang, V. & Zhang, J. (2021 July). Landscape of well-being in primary school students in Hong Kong. Invited presentation. Project Official Launch Event cum Year end Symposium. Jockey Club Project Well-being. July 5 2021

 

Zhang, J., Yuen, M., Ho, E. Y. F. & Yang, V. (2021 July). Landscape of well-being in secondary school students in Hong Kong. Invited presentation. Project Official Launch Event cum Year end Symposium. Jockey Club Project Well-being. July 5 2021

 

Chan, S., Leung, S. & Yuen, M.(2021 August). Talent development and early career awareness: Stories from a creative cross-disciplinary workshop. On demand Presentation. 2021 Virtual WCGTC World Conference. World Council For Gifted and Talented Children. July 31- August 1, August 7-8 2021. 

 

Yuen, M., Fang, L., Fung, E., Chan, S., Wong, J.K.Y., & Wu, F. (2021 August).  Life satisfaction of gifted and average adolescents in Hong Kong. On demand Presentation. 2021 Virtual WCGTC World Conference. World Council For Gifted And Talented Children. July 31- August 1, August 7-8 2021. 

 

Yuen, M.,  Zhang, J., Ho, E. Y.F. &  Yang, V. (2021 March). Primary school students’ subjective well-being and life skills self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Association with time spent on leisure activities, meaning in life and social connectedness. International Virtual Conference on Comparative School Counseling, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. 22-25 March 2021

 

Yuen, M., Zhang, J., Chung, Y.B., Lee. Q. A. Y. & Chan, R.T. H. (2021 March). A strengths-based longitudinal career intervention for junior secondary school students with special educational needs: A mixed-method evaluation. International Virtual Conference on Comparative School Counseling, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. 22-25 March 2021

 

Ho, E., Tsang, J., Yau, F., Tsui, J., Lee, B. & Yuen, M.(2021 January). HKACMGM student support experiences in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Suggestions for policy changes  Invited Presentation. ISPRESC 2020-21 Online Conference. Assuring Equity in Access to Quality School-Based Counselling Services in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic.  24th Jan 2021 
 

Wu, F.,  Yuen, M., Lee, Q. &  Chu, M. (2021 January). An online service for trainee counsellors in response to the COVID19 pandemic: A description of the service and participating students’ experiences. Invited Presentation. ISPRESC 2020-21 Online Conference. Assuring Equity in Access to Quality School-Based Counselling Services in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic.  10th Jan 2021

 

2020

 

Yuen, M. (2020 October). Cultivate young people's sense of connection, life meaning, career and life skills development in the "new normal" world. Invited keynote speech. Hong Kong Association of Careers Masters and Guidance Masters 2020 Annual General Meeting Keynote Talk.  Holy Trinity College October 22 2020. 袁文得 (2020 10月). 在“新常態”世界中培養年輕人 的聯繫感, 人生意義, 生涯和生活技能發展. 香港輔導教師協會2020年周年大會主題演講.  寶血會上智英文書院. 22/10/2020

 

Fung, E., Yuen, M., Chan, S. , Wu, F. & Zhang, J. (2020 Nov).  Grit: Its link with academic and career self-efficacy, meaning in life, social connectedness and talent. A presentation in the Symposium on Life Skills Self-Efficacy, Meaning in Life, Grit, Hope and Social Connectedness: A Study of Gifted and Talented Students. 16th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness. Daegu, Korea. Nov 27-29, 2020.

Wu, F., Yuen, M., Chan, S., Fung, E. & Zhang, J. (2020 Nov).  Hope: Its link with personal and social self-efficacy, meaning in life, social connectedness and talent. A presentation in the Symposium on Life Skills Self-Efficacy, Meaning in Life, Grit, Hope and Social Connectedness: A Study of Gifted and Talented Students. 16th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness. Daegu, Korea. Nov 27-29, 2020.  

Yuen, M. & Zhang, J.  (2020 Nov). School connectedness: Its link with career and talent development self-efficacy, parent care, parent control, and talent.  A presentation in the Symposium on Life Skills Self-Efficacy, Meaning in Life, Grit, Hope and Social Connectedness: A Study of Gifted and Talented Students. 16th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness. Daegu, Korea. Nov 27-29, 2020.  

 

Yuen, M. & Yau, F. (2020 June). Life planning education and career guidance services for students (From career assessments to individual guidance). Thematic Seminar for Secondary School Teachers on Life Planning Education and Career Guidance Services for Students (From Career Assessments to Individual Guidance), 2019/20 School Year.  University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education. 26 June  2020.

 

Yuen, M. & Tsui, J. (2020 June). Life planning education and career guidance services for students (From career assessments to group guidance). Thematic Seminar for Secondary School Teachers on Life Planning Education and Career Guidance Services for Students (From Career Assessments to Group Guidance)     2019/20 School Year. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education. 12 June 2020.         

 

Yuen, M. & Ho, E,Y.F. (2020 June). Thematic seminar for secondary school teachers on life planning education and career guidance services for students with special educational needs, 2019/20 School Year. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education. 5 June 2020.

 

Yuen, M. & Liu, S. (2020 June). Play education and treasure game. Knowledge exchange seminar. An invited presentation. Faculty of Education University of Hong Kong. 2020 June 20.

 

2019

 

Yuen, M. (2019 November). Life career planning project for junior secondary students with special educational needs: School-based research and practices. Invited Presentation. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Inclusive Education Forum “Harmony in Diversity – Prospects of Inclusive Education Theory and Practice”. City University of Macau. November 7 2019

 

Yuen, M. (2019 November). Life planning for gifted learners. An invited seminar. 2019 Life Planning Education Conference. HKSAR Education Bureau. November 1 2019

 

Yuen, M. (2019 November). Nurturing adolescents’ career and talent development. Invited Keynote Presentation. "Assessment and Counselling" 2019 Life Planning Education Conference. EDB Kowloon Education Services Centre. November 1 2019

 

Yuen, M., Chan, S. & Chow, J. (2019 April). Preparation of teachers for gifted learners. Invited Symposium. 2019 Biennia Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Develeopment and Excellence. National Taiwan Normal University. 12-16 April 2019.

 

Yuen, M. (2019 February). Parents workshop on career and life planning of gifted learners. Invited chairperson and facilitator. Hong Kong Academcy for Gifted Education. 23 February 2019.

 

2018

 

Yuen, M. (2018 March). How to supervise/write a coherent dissertation: Some useful practices. Invited presentation. Lunch Forum. Faculty of Education University of Hong Kong. March 1 2018

 

Yuen, M. & Chung, Y.B. (2018 January). Career development research findings: Implications for teachers of junior secondary students with special educational needs. Invited presentation. Symposium on Individual Life Planning: Teachers’ roles in career-related support for junior secondary students with special educational needs. Co-organized by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals School Social Work Services and HKU CAISE. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education. January 13 2018.

 

2017 

 

Yuen, M. (2017 November). Life skills development in junior secondary students: influence of purpose, connectedness and comprehensive guidance programs. An invited presentation for Research Grants Council Visit Panel. November 23 2017. Hong Kong, China: Education University of Hong Kong.

 

Yuen, M., Liu, S.H., Chan, P.S.F., Lau, A., Cheung, V., Hsieh, W.-Y., & Lee, D. (2017). “No Play No Gain” Kindergarten Social Emotional Learning Project: Research Summary and Tables. The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education.

 

Yuen, M. (2017 June). Enhancing students’ connectedness, meaning in life, life skills self efficacy, career adaptability: Life skills development model. Invited presentation. 5th National Humanistic Psychological Counseling and Therapy Conference.  Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus. June 8-10 2017. (In Putonghua)

 

2016 

 

Yuen, M., Yau, F.S.Y., Tsui, J.Y.C., Tsang, J.C.T., & Lee, B.S.F. (2017 May). Career education and vocational training in Hong Kong. Invited country paper. NYPI International Conference and International Conference of ARACD 2017. Seoul, South Korea: Sheraton Seoul Palace Gangnam Hotel. May 17th 2017

 

Yuen, M. (2016 Dec). Nurturing students’ connectedness, meaning in life and life skills self-efficacy among talented students: The Life Skills Development Model. An invited presentation in The SEN Theatre in Learning & Teaching Expo 2016. Hong Kong Education City. Dec 8 2016.

 

Yuen, M. (2016 Dec). Let no one steal your dreams. An invited opening address. Macau Project Sharing Session. HKU Centre of Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education. 3 December 2016.

 

Yuen, M. & Chan, R. M.C. (2016 October). School-based counseling policy, policy research and implications: Findings from Hong Kong and Japan. CERC and CAISE Joint Seminar. Organized by Comparative Education Research Centre & Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. October 7 2016.

 

Yuen, M. (2016 July). Nurturing meaning in life, connectedness and life skills self-efficacy among economically disadvantaged students: The Life Skills Development Model. An Invited Presentation in a Forum for the Third International Conference on School Guidance in the Chinese Communities. July 3-4 2016 Taichung, Taiwan.

 

2015 

 

Yuen, M., Lau, P.S.Y., Chan, R.M.C., & Yau, J. (2015 September).Career adaptability of Grade 9 adolescents in Hong Kong: Relations to gender, meaning in life and connectedness. Invited Presentation. IAEVG International Conference 2015. Organized by International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, Asia Regional Association for Career Development & The Japanese Society for the Study of Career Education. Tsukuba, Japan. September 18-21 2015.

 

2014

 

Yuen, M. (2014 December). Cultivating purpose of life and work meaning: Career planning education applications. Invited paper presentation. Zhuhai Hong Kong Macau Employment Guidance and Career Planning Education Conference. Zhuhai, China: Sun Yat-sen University. December 5-7 2014. 袁文得培养人生目的和工作意义:职业规划教育的应用 . 第二届珠港澳高校就业指导与职业规划教育学术研讨会. 中山大学珠海校区 . 2014126-7 (In Putonghua)

 

2013

 

Yuen,M. & Lee, B.S.F. (2013 Nov). Development of comprehensive guidance and counseling program in Hong Kong secondary schools. Taiwan Counseling Psychology Association Annual Meeting and Conference. Taichung Education University, Taiwan. 中學全方位輔導的發展(袁文得、李少鋒)分組論壇「香港全方位學生輔導的研究與實踐」臺灣諮商心理學會年會暨學術研討會「多元服務需求下的諮商心理專業:優質化的核心能力與人才培育」2013 11 23 台中教育大學 (In Potunghua)

 

Yuen, M. & Sun, V.J.* (2013 Dec). Current theories in career planning education research in the US and European Countries. The First Zhuhai Hong Kong Macau Employment Guidance and Career Planning Education Conference. Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus), China. 袁文得孫競. 当前欧美国家职业规划教育研究的最新理论. 第一届珠港澳高校就业指导与职业规划教育学术研讨会. 中山大学珠海校区 . 2013126-7 (In Potunghua)

 

2012

 

Yuen, M. (2012 May). Assessing career and talent development self-efficacy in Chinese college students. Invited presentation. The 2012 International Conference on Career Development Education. Ministry of Education, China & Tsinghua University, Beijing, China May 24-25 2012.

 

2011

 

Yuen, M., Lau, P.S.Y. & Chan, R. M.C. (2011, January). The Connectedness and Life Skills Development Project: Improving comprehensive guidance programs in Hong Kong. 2011 School Guidance and Counseling Conference. Invited presentation. Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University. January 7 2011.

 

2007

 

Yuen, M. (2007 July). Research findings on teachers' perceptions of and involvement in comprehensive guidance programs in Hong Kong. An invited presentation. Career Guidance Symposium: Prospects for Comprehensive Career Education and School-wide Cooperation Development. Tokyo, Japan: Works Institute & Japan Professional School of Education. 14 July, 2007.

 

2005 

 

Yuen, M. (2005 Dec). School counseling in Hong Kong: History, policy, current implementation status, and future directions. Invited keynote presentation. 21`st Century Asia Pacific School Counseling Conference. Macau, China: University of Macau. 3-4 December 2005.

 

Scholarly books and monographs

 

  • Bakshi, A. J. & Yuen, M. (2024 Eds.). Counselling and career guidance in Asia: Developments, challenges and opportunities. Routledge.
  • Beamish, W., & Yuen, M. (Eds.). (2022). The inclusion for students with special educational needs across the Asia Pacific: The changing landscape. Springer. 
  • Yuen, M., Beamish, W. & Solberg, V.S.H. (2020 Eds.). Careers for students with special educational needs : Perspectives on development and transitions from the Asia-Pacific region. Springer.
  • Yuen, M., Chan, R.M.C., Lau,P.S.Y., Gysbers, N.C. & Shea, P. M.K. (2015). Life skills development, connectedness and meaning in life as displayed by junior secondary school students in Hong Kong: Brief Report on Follow-up Survey. Life Skills Development Project, Centre for Advancement of Inclusive and Special Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, M., Chan, R.T.H., Chan, R.M.C., Lau, P.S.Y., Gysbers, N.C. & Shea, P. M.K. (2014). Life skills development, connectedness and meaning in life as displayed by junior secondary school students in Hong Kong: Brief report. Life Skills Development Project, Centre for Advancement of Inclusive and Special Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, M., Yeung, P. & Ng,M. (2014; editors). CAISE Review, Special Section: Supporting Students with Special Needs in their Transition from Schools to Higher Education, 2
  • Yuen, M., Yeung, P. & Ng, M. (2013; editors). CAISE Review, Special Issue: Learner Diversity in Mainstream Schools and Special Schools,1.
  • Yuen, M., Ho, J., Chung, Y.B.*, Fong, R.W.*, Cheng, S., Ho, J.H., Kwok, D., Ho, S., Tsui, J., Chiu, C.W., Cheng, C. K. Y., Yuen, J., & Cheung, V. (2012). Overcoming obstacles associated with other learning experiences and school-based assessment: Perspectives of high school students with visual impairment in Hong Kong. Collaboration Research Project Report. Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, & Hong Kong Blind Union. pp.50
  • Jin, L.* & Yuen, M. (2012; Guest editors). Asian Journal of Counselling Special Issue: Career Centers: Current International Perspectives, 19(1&2), 1-125.
  • Yuen, M. (2011; Guest editor). Asian Journal of Counselling Special Issue: International Perspectives on Connectedness in Children and Adolescents, 18(1&2), 1-169.
  • McMahon, M. & Yuen, M. (2009; Guest co-editors). Asian Journal of Counselling Special Issue: Internationalization and Career Counselling, 16(2), 91-251.
  • Yuen, M. (2008; Guest editor). Asian Journal of Counselling Special Issue: International Perspectives on School Counseling, 15(2), 103-231.
  • Lau, P. S.Y., Yuen, M., Chan, R. M.C., Leung, T. K.M., Hui, E.K.P., Shea, P. M. K., & Gysbers, N.C (2007). Life skills development and comprehensive guidance program: Assessment and applications.  The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Life Skills Development Project. pp. 64
  • Shea, P. M.K., Yuen, M., Lau, P. S.Y., Leung, T.K.M., Chan, R.M.C., Hui, E.K.P., & Gysbers, N.C. (2005). Life skills development curriculum: activity plans. Life Skills Development Project, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, M., Gysbers, N.C., Hui, E.K. P., Leung, T. K.M., Lau, P.S. Y., Chan, R. M.C., Shea, P. M.K., & Ke, S.S.Y. (2004a).Career development self-efficacy inventory: users’ manual. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Life Skills Development Project. pp.52
  • Yuen, M., Gysbers, N.C., Hui, E.K. P., Leung, T. K.M., Lau, P.S. Y., Chan, R. M.C., Shea, P. M.K., & Ke, S.S.Y. (2004b). Academic development self-efficacy inventory: users’ manual. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Life Skills Development Project. pp.51
  • Yuen, M., Gysbers, N.C., Hui, E.K. P., Lau, P.S. Y., Chan, R. M.C., Shea, P. M.K., Leung, T.K.M.,& Ke, S.S.Y. (2004c).Personal-social development self-efficacy inventory: users’ manual. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Life Skills Development Project.
  • Yuen, M., Lau, P.S.Y., Leung, T.K.M., Shea, P. M.K., Chan, R. M.C., Hui, E.K.P., & Gysbers, N. C. (2003).(Eds.), Life skills development and comprehensive guidance program: Theories and practices. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Life Skills Development Project. pp.82.    

 

Journal articles and book chapters

*research student supervised by Mantak Yuen

 

2023 

 

185.  Yuen, M. & Wu, L.(2023). Relationship between school connectedness and psychological well-being in adolescents: A meta-analysis. Current Psychology

 

184. Yuen, M., Chan, R.T.H., Zhang, J.,  Fung, E. &  Chan, S. (2023).Assessing meaning in life for gifted learners: Validation of a Chinese version of Meaning in Life in Children Questionnaire. Gifted & Talented International, 38(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2022.2150589

 

183. Chan, C. & Yuen, M. (2023) Career decision-making of talented engineering graduates in Hong Kong, Gifted and Talented International, 38:1, 77-90, https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2023.2244565

 

182. Jiang, Q., Yuen, M., & Horta, H. (2023). Coping strategies of failing international medical students in two Chinese universities: A qualitative study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2023.2204077

 

181. Wong, L. P.W.*, Chen, G & Yuen, M. (2023). Career development and the COVID-19 outbreak: protective functions of career-related teacher support.British Journal of Guidance and Counselling  https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2211225

 

 

180. Bakshi, A.J.  &  Yuen, M.  (2022) Counselling and career guidance in Asia. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(6), 813-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2165037

 

 

179. Wong, L*., Yuen, M.*, Zhang, J. & Ho, E.Y.-F. (2023). Assessing life skills development self-efficacy: A validation study in Hong Kong, China, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. (*corresponding authors)

 

178. Fang, L.*, Yuen, M.*, Zhang, J., Ho, E.Y.F., Chan, S., Wu, F. & Xie, N. (2023). A network analysis of positive developmental assets of Hong Kong school-age children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04287-9 (*corresponding authors)

 

2022

 

177. Yuen, M., Zhang, J., Man, P.K.W.,  Mak, J., Chung, Y.B., Lee, Q. A.Y.,  Chan, A.K.C., So, A. & Chan, T.H. R. (2022). A strengths-based longitudinal career intervention for junior secondary school students with special educational needs: A mixed-method evaluation.  Applied Research in Quality of Life.  https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s11482-021-10028-6

 

176. Yuen, M., Chan, R.T.H., Wong, S.-W., Yau, J., Zhang, J., Ho, E. Y.-F. , Fung, E., Chan, S. &  and Wu, F. (2022). Are the Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS) and Meaning in Life Questionnaire- Short Form (MLQ-SF) appropriate for use with average-achieving learners and gifted  learners in Hong Kong? High Ability Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2022.2159336 

 

175. Yuen, M. & Chan, R. C.H. (2022). The influence of social connectedness and meaning in life on career adaptability and career self-efficacy in students with special educational needs. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-022-09562-y  

 

174.Yuen, M., Wu, F., Wong, F., Yeung, P., Lam, C., Chan, K., Ma, G. & Tan, C. Y. (2022). Inclusive education in a Chinese context: A Hong Kong perspective. In The Inclusion for Students with Special Educational Needs across the Asia Pacific: The Changing Landscape (pp. 79-93).  Springer Nature. 

 

 

173. Jiang, Q., Horta, H., & Yuen, M. (2022). Factors related to university teaching that influence academic success of international medical students in China. F1000 Research, 11, 894.

 

 

172. Wong, L. P., Chen, G. & Yuen, M. (2022). Investigating career-related teacher support for Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-022-09525-3

 

 

171. Wong, L., Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2022). Career guidance and counseling: The nature and types of career-related teacher social support in Hong Kong secondary schools. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2040005

 

 

170. Wong, L. P.W.*, Chen, G. & Yuen, M. (2022). Investigating career-related teacher support for Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-022-09525-3

 

 

169. Datu, J. A. D.*, & Yuen, M. (2022). Factorial validity of Meaning in Life Questionnaire in Hong Kong secondary school students: A construct validation approach. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 35(2), 467–480. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2021.1875989

 

168. Beamish, W., Hay, S., & Yuen, M. (2022). Inclusive Education in the Asia-Pacific: Moving Forward with Commitment and Intent. In The Inclusion for Students with Special Educational Needs across the Asia Pacific: The Changing Landscape (pp. 211-223). Springer Nature.

 

167. Leung, S.A., Mo, J., Yuen, M. & Cheung, R. (2022). Testing the career adaptability model with senior high school students in Hong Kong. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 139, 103808 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103808 

 

166. Jiang, Q., Horta, H. & Yuen, M. (2022). International medical students’ perspectives on factors affecting their academic success in China: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 22:574. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03597-z 

 

165. Ng, A. W-y, Yuen, M.  & de La Torre, J. (2022): Service learning online: evaluation of a programme delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Pastoral Care in Education, https://doi.org/ 10.1080/02643944.2022.2099004

 

164. Zhang, J.* & Yuen, M. (2022). Social connectedness and career and talent development self-efficacy: direct and mediating effects, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling,.   50:3, 400-412,https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2062590

 

 

163.Datu, J.A.D., Yuen,M., Fung, E., Zhang, J., Chan, S. & Wu, F. (2022). The satisfied lives of gifted and gritty adolescents: Linking grit to career self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316221096082 Accepted March 5 2022 Published May 18 2022

 

 

162. Leung, S.K.Y., & Yuen, M. (2023). Exploring talented children’s humour through creating pop-up storybooks. Education 3-13. International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, 51(8),  1325-1341. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2022.207145

 

161. Wong, L., Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2022). Career guidance and counseling: The nature and types of career-related teacher social support in Hong Kong secondary schools. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 50(6), 897-915. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2040005

 

 

160. Sou, E.K.L.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2022). Career adaptability as a mediator between social capital and career engagement. Career Development Quarterly, 70, 2-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12289 (Publication Award for EdD Graduates 2021-22) 

 

 

159. Chau, L., Yuen, M., Chan, P.,  Liu, S., Chan, K., Lee, D. &  Hsieh, W.-Y. (2022). Play-based parent training programme supporting Hong Kong kindergarten children in social competence development. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 50 (3), 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2030464

 

 

158. Sou, E.K.L., Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2022). Career development in Macao: A perspective representing small states and territories. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.2009768

 

2021 

 

151.  Yuen, M., Yau, J., Datu, J.A.D.*, Wong, S.-w.*, Chan, R.T.H., Lau, P.S.Y. & Gysbers, C.N. (2021).  Examining the influence of meaning in life and social connectedness on adolescents’ career self-efficacy. Journal of Individual Psychology, 77(3), 335-361. https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2021.0024        

 

157.  Yuen, M., Lee, Q.A.Y.& Chung, Y.B.*(2021). Meaning in life, connectedness, and life skills development in junior secondary school students: teachers’ perspectives in Hong Kong. Pastoral Care in Education. 39:1, 67-83, https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2020.1774634

 

147. Yuen, M. & Datu, J.A.D. *(2021). Meaning in life, connectedness, academic self-efficacy, and personal self-efficacy: A winning combination. School Psychology International, 42(1) 79–99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034320973370

 

156. Chan, R. W., Yuen, M., & Tan, C.Y. (2021). Cultural Sensitivity of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index in Empathy Measure. International Journal of Childhood Education, 2(3), 19–26. https://doi.org/10.33422/ijce.v2i3.135

 

155. Leung S.K.Y., Choi K.W.Y., Yuen M. (2021). Creative digital art: Young children’s video making through practice-based learning. In: Cohrssen C., Garvis S. (eds) Embedding STEAM in Early Childhood Education and Care. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65624-9_3

 

154. Tong, A. M. H.*, & Yuen, M. (2021). Effectiveness of career and life planning in a Hong Kong secondary school: Students’ perspectives.  Asia Pacific Career Development Journal, 4(2), 27-40.   

 

153. Hui, T.*, Lau, S.S.S. & Yuen, M. (2021). Active learning as a beyond-the-classroom strategy to improve university students’ career adaptability. Sustainability, 13, 6246. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116246 

 

152. Fang, L.*, Yuen, M., Fung, E., Zhang, J., Chan, S. & Wu, F. (2021). Life Satisfaction of gifted and average adolescents in Hong Kong: Validation of the Chinese Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS). Applied Research in Quality of Life.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-09932-8 ( published online 2021-03-25)

 

151.  Zhang, J.*, Yuen , M. & Chen, G. (2021).Career-related parental support, vocational identity and career adaptability: Interrelationships and gender differences. Career Development Quarterly. 69(2): 130-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12254 

 

150. Zhang, J.*, Chen, G. & Yuen, M. (2021). Development and validation of the Career-related Teacher Support Scale: Data from China. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21:161–185.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09435-2

 

 

149. Sou, E.K.L.*,  Yuen, M, & Chen, G. (2021). Development and validation of a Chinese five-factor short form of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale. Journal of Career Assessment.

29(1) 129-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720935151.

 

2020 

 

148. Yuen, M., Lee, Q.A.Y.& Chung, Y.B.*(2020). Meaning in life, connectedness, and life skills development in junior secondary school students: teachers’ perspectives in Hong Kong. Pastoral Care in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2020.1774634

 

147. Wong, L.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2020). Career-related teacher support: A review with implications for theory, research and practice. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools. https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2020.30 D

 

146. Lo, S.K.W.*, Yuen, M. & Chan, R.T.H. (2020).  Child care workers’ perspectives on transition services for pre-school children with special needs in Hong Kong. International Journal of Special Education, 35(1), 29-36.

 

145. Hui, C.*, Yuen, M. & Lee, Q. A. Y. (2020). Factors affecting career and life planning for Chinese cross-border senior secondary school students in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Career Development Journal. 3(2), 19-30. https://apcda.wildapricot.org/Resources/APCDJ/A0003_2_02.pdf

 

144. Jiang, Q.*, Yuen, M. & Horta, H (2020). Factors influencing the life satisfaction of international students in Mainland China. International Journal for Advancement of Counselling. 42, 393–413. DOI 10.1007/s10447-020-09409-7

 

143.  Yuen, M., Chung, Y.B.*, Lee, Q.A.Y., Lau, P.S.Y., Chan, R.M.C., Gysbers, N. & Shea, P.M.K.(2020). Meaning in life and school guidance programs: Adolescents’ voices from Hong Kong. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. 20(3), 653-676.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09423-6  

 

142. Yuen, M. & Zhang, J. (2020). LIFE+: Assessing connectedness, meaning of life, life skills and career development to promote positive youth development in Hong Kong. M.Yuen et al. (Eds.), My Career Map 2020: Operation guide  of Life+ (WB and LITE versions). pp. 5-9. Hong Kong Association of Careers Master and Guidance Masters & University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education.

 

141. Fung, J.J.Y.*, Yuen, M. & Yuen, A.H.K. (2020). Online learning for mathematically talented students: A perspective from Hong Kong. In S. R. Smith (Ed.). International Handbook of Giftedness & Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific. Singapore: Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Mustard Seed Singapore.

 

140.  Yau, F.* & Yuen, M. (2020). Career guidance   for high school students with specific learning difficulties: A Hong Kong perspectives. In M, Yuen, W. Beamish, & S.V.H. Solberg ( Eds.). Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs - Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer.

 

139. Tsui, J.* & Yuen, M. (2020). Career guidance for gifted students in Hong Kong.
In M, Yuen, W. Beamish, & S.V.H. Solberg ( Eds.). Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs - Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer.

 

138.  Chung, Y.B. & Yuen, M. (2020). Views of parents on a career and life planning program for junior secondary students with special educational needs: A qualitative study in Hong Kong. In M, Yuen, W. Beamish, & S.V.H.Solberg ( Eds.). Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs - Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. pp.161-175. Springer. 

 

137.  Yang, J., Yuen, M., Wang, H., Wang, Z. & Sin, K,F.  (2020). Assessing career life skills self-efficacy of students with special educational needs: A comparative study in Hong Kong. In M, Yuen, W. Beamish, & S.V.H. Solberg (Eds.). Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs - Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer.  

 

136. Datu, J.A.D.* & Yuen, M. (2020). Students’ social connectedness links with gratitude and self-efficacy outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 116.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105210 

 

135. Sou, E.K.L.*, Yuen, M, & Chen, G. (2020). Development and validation of a Chinese five-factor short form of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale. Journal of Career Assessment.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720935151

 

134. Wong, L.P.W.* & Yuen, M. (2020). Career guidance and counseling in secondary schools in Hong Kong: A historical overview. Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling. doi : 10.18401.2019.9.1.2 

 

133. Wong, S.-W. & Yuen, M. (2020). Structural validity of the International Survey of School Counselor’s Activities (ISSCA) when applied with counseling and guidance personnel in primary schools in Hong Kong. Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation. 2(1), 81-88. https://doi.org/10.25774/tbwa-wm13.

 

2019

132. Lee, C.-h., Tse, A.C.-y., Liu, J. , Wong, M.Y.-p., Ho, A.H.-s. & Yuen, M. (2019). New initiative in special education in Macao: A curriculum reform project. International Journal of Special Education, 34(1), 40-50.

131. Leung, S. K.Y., Choi, K.W.Y. & Yuen, M. (2019). Video art as digital play for young children. British Journal of Educational Technology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12877

130. Lee, Q.A.Y. & Yuen, M. (2019). The role of teacher care in detrmining academic success of community college students: A case study from Hong Kong. Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal of Personal, Social and Emotional Development. DOI: 10.1080/02643944.2019.1618376

129. Zhang, J.*, Chen, G., & Yuen, M. (2019). Validation of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) using Chinese technical college students. Journal of Career Assessment. 27(4) 675-692. DOI: 10.1177/1069072718808798

128. Zhang, J.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2019). Supporting the career development of technical education students in China: The roles played by teachers. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-019-09398-z Accepted for publication on 11 May 2019

 
2018

127. Datu, J.A.D.*, Yuen, M., & Chen, G. (2018). The triarchic model of grit is linked to academic success and well-being among Filipino high school students. School Psychology Quarterly, 33 (3), 428–438.

126. Yuen, M. , Yau, F.*, Tsui, J.*, Shao, S., Tsang, J., & Lee, B. (2018). Career education and vocational training in Hong Kong: Implications for school-based career counselling. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-018-9361-z published online on 28 August 2018

125. Yuen, M., Chan, S., Chan, C., Fung, D.C.L. Cheung, W.M., Kwan,T. & Leung, F.K.S. (2018). Differentiation in key learning areas for gifted students in regular classess: A project for primary school teachers in Hong Kong. Gifted Education International, 34(1), 36-46.

124. Hui, T.Y.C.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2018). Self-esteem and career adaptability of undergraduates: The mediating role of social support. Career Development Quarterly. 66(2), 94-106.

123. Datu, A.D.J.* & Yuen, M. (2018) . Predictors and consequences of academic buoyancy: a review of literature with implications for educational psychological research and practice. Contemporary School Psychology, 22(3), 207-212. DOI 10.1007/s40688-018-0185-y

122. Zhang, J.*, Yuen, M., & Chen, G., (2018). Teacher support for career development: an integrative review and research agenda, Career Development International, 23(2), 122-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-09-2016-0155

121. Fung, J.*, Yuen, M. & Yuen, A.H.K. (2018). Validity evidence for a Chinese version of the Online Self-Regulated Learning Questionnaire (OLSQ) with average students and mathematically talented students. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2017.1358056

120. Datu, J.A.D.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2018). Exploring determination for long-term goals in a collectivist context: A qualitative study. Current Psychology, 37(1), 263-271. doi 10.1007/s12144-016-9509-0

 

2017

119. Datu J.A.D.*, Yuen, M. & Chen, G. (2017). Development and validation of the Triartic Model of Grit Scale (TMGS): Evidences from Filipino undergraduate students. Personality and Individual Differences, 114. 198–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.012

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116. Yuen, M., Chan,S., Chan, C., Fung, D.C.L., Cheung, W.M., Kwan, T. & Leung, F. K.S. (2018). Differentiation in key learning areas for gifted students in regular classes: A project for primary school teachers in Hong Kong. Gifted Education International. 34(1), 36-46.doi: 10.1177/0261429416649047

115. Machell, K.A., Blalock, D.W., Kashdan, T.B., & Yuen, M. (2016). Academic achievement at the cost of ambition: The mixed results of a supportive interactive environment on socially anxious teenagers. Personality and Individual Differences, 89, 166–171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.018

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113. Ng, V. & Yuen, M. (2016). Career guidance and counselling in an international school in Hong Kong: Literature review and a school counselor’s reflection. Asian Journal of Counselling. Online first

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