Projects

Intervention for promoting old-age preparation in the community/提升耆年準備社區干預計劃 [Completed]

    • Considers the importance of old-age preparation
    • Funded by a Knowledge Transfer Grant
    • Target: adults aged 40-80, able to read Cantonese
    • Project Booklet
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qBtjhoPgcB5ufO4EWz5r7r2OrUfJlUDW/view?usp=sharing

 

Advertisement and Emotion Study/廣告及情感研究 [On-going]

    • Considers the role of emotions in older adults’ responses to advertisements
    • Funded by a General Research Fund
    • Target: adult aged 60 or above, able to read Cantonese, and a phone screening is required

 

Extreme Weather Study /極端炎熱天氣研究 [On-going]

    • Understanding the physical and psychological impacts of extremely hot weather on older adults in Hong Kong
    • Funded by a Research Impact Fund
    • Target: adult aged 60 or above, able to read Chinese, and living in specific areas of Hong Kong

 

Immigration in Later Adulthood Study /老年移民研究 [On-going]

    • Investigating the consequences when older parents migrate with their adult children versus when they are left behind
    • Funded by a Direct Grant for Research
    • Target: adult aged 18 or above, recently moved or will soon be moving from Mainland China to Hong Kong, and whose parents are also willing to participate in the study (questionnaires can be completed at home)

Aging as Future/老年及老年生活看法 [Last Wave]

    • A longitudinal study that investigates differences and similarities in attitudes towards ageing across different cultures
    • Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
    • In collaboration with Institutes in Germany, America, Czech and Taiwan

Age differences in daily health-related behavior, risk perceptions, and well-being during the COVID- 19 epidemic/疫情時期的情緒狀況调查 [Completed]

    • The project investigates students’ daily health-related behavior, risk perceptions, and well-being during the COVID- 19 epidemic.
    • Target: adult aged 18 -35 and 60 or above, able to speak Cantonese or English, able to read/write Chinese or English

Social Context & Psychophysiology Study/社會情境及心理生理研究 [Completed]

    • Using psychophysiological measurements to study solitude in older adults
    • Funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Seed Funding and a Direct Grant for Research
    • Target: adult aged 18 – 35 and adults aged over 60 or above, able to speak Cantonese or English, able to read/write Chinese or English

 

Intergenerational Lifestory Study/跨代生命故事研究 [Completed]

    • Incorporating the latest technology with reminiscence therapy
    • Funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund
    • Target: adult aged 60 or above, able to speak Cantonese

 

Study of Emotion and Cognition in Intimate Relationship/伴侶之間的情緒認知研究 [Completed]

    • Investigating the relationship of emotion expression and emotion recognition between couples
    • Target: adult aged 35 – 59 couples, married over 10 years, able to speak Cantonese

 

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