Biography

Prof. Joyce L. C. Ma

Department of Social Work

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Professor


Email: joycelai@cuhk.edu.hk


Qualifications


1995 Ph.D., University of Hong Kong

1984 M. Soc. Sc. University of Hong Kong

1979 B. Soc. Sc. University of Hong Kong


Publications (selected)

  1. Ma, J. L. C. (in press). Perceived process of change in family therapy for eating disorders in Shenzhen, China: A qualitative study. Journal of Family Psychotherapy.
  2. Ma, J. L. C. (in press). Family-centred care for children and youth with mental health needs: The case of anorexia nervosa. Hong Kong Journal of Mental Health.
  3. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Chan, Y. K., He, L. P. (in press). Risk and protective factors of marital adjustment to cross-border work arrangement of Hong Kong residents: The waiting spouse’s perspective. Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
  4. Leung, S. F., Ma, J. L. C., & Russell, J. (2012). Self-help behaviours of clients with eating disorders in an online programme: An open trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00(0), 000-000.
  5. Leung, S. F., Ma, J. L. C., & Russell, J. (2012). Breaking the silence of eating disorders with the hope of an online self-help programme. Contemporary Nurse, 40(2), 245-257.
  6. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., Wong, T. K. Y., & Lai, L. Y. (2011). “Leisure is undesirable”—Impact of family leisure activities on individual well-being and perceived family functioning. China Family Research, 6, 17-37. Shanghai, Shanghai Social Science Academy Research Centre (in Chinese).
  7. Ma, J. L. C., Wong, T. K. Y., Lau, Y. K., & Lai, L. Y. (2011). Parenting stress and perceived family functioning of Chinese parents in Hong Kong: Its Implications for social work practice. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 5, 160-180.
  8. Ma, J. L.C., Wong, M. C., Wan, S. F., & Wong, T. Y. (2011). An alternative way of helping Chinese parents with parenting difficulties: Learning from the participants’ feedback on multiple family groups in Hong Kong. Social Work with Groups, 34, 158-174.
  9. Ma, J. L. C. (2010). An exploratory study of the impact of an adolescent’s eating disorders on Chinese parents’ well-being, marital life and perceived family functioning in Shenzhen, China: Implications for social work practice. Child and Family Social Work. 16, 33-42.
  10. Ma, J. L. C., Wong, K. Y. & Lau, Y. K. (2009). Sex differences in perceived family functioning and perceived family resources of Hong Kong families: Implications for social work practice. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 3, 155-174.
  11. Ma, J. L. C., Wong, K. Y., Lau, Y. K., & Pun, S. H. (2009) Perceived family functioning and family resources of Hong Kong families: Implications for social work practice. Journal of Family Social Work, 12(3), 244-263.
  12. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Chan, Y. K. & He, L. P. (2009). Working in the Mainland China: A crisis or an opportunity for family. Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare, 7(2), 101-142. (in Chinese).
  13. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Chan, Y. K. & He, L. P. (2009). Commuting assignments in Mainland China: Cost and benefits of cross-border work arrangements. China Journal of Social Work, 2(1), 52-65.
  14. Ma, J. L. C., Wong, M. M. C., & Cheng, E. W. H. (2009). The efficacy of a community-based project in a Chinese context. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 3, 22-35.
  15. Ma, J. L. C. & Lai, K. (2009). Applicability of family therapy for Chinese children and adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa in a Chinese context: A preliminary study. Social Work in Mental Health, 7(4), 402-423.
  16. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Chan, Y. K. & He, L. P. (2008). A resilience perspective on family adjustment in relation to cross-border work arrangement of Hong Kong residents, China Journal of Social Work, 1(3), 208-220.
  17. Ma, J. L. C. (2008) Students’ subjective perceptions of the applicability of contextual teaching and learning method in family therapy training in Hong Kong. Educational Research Journal, 23(1), 117-134. (in Chinese).
  18. Ma, J. L. C. (2008). Eating Disorders, parent-child conflicts and family therapy: A qualitative inquiry in Shenzhen, China. Qualitative Health Research, 18(6), 803-810.
  19. Ma, J. L. C. (2008) Patients’ perspective of family Therapy in anorexia nervosa: A qualitative inquiry in a Chinese Context. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 29(1), 10-16.
  20. Chan, Z. C.Y. & Ma, J. L. C. (2008). Unwrapping the box: Dancing with clients. Health Care for Women International, 29(4), 431-445.
  21. Ma, J. L. C. (2007). Living in poverty: A qualitative inquiry of the subjective experiences of Chinese emaciated adolescents and young women coming from low-income families. Child and Family Social Work, 12, 152-160.
  22. Ma, J. L. C. (2007). Meanings of eating disorders discerned from family treatment and its implications for family education: The case of Shenzhen. Child and Family Social Work, 12, 409-416.
  23. Ma, J. L. C. (2007). Journey of acculturation: developing therapeutic alliance with Chinese adolescents suffering from eating disorders in Shenzhen, China. Journal of Family Therapy, 29, 389-402.
  24. Chan. Z. C. Y. & Ma, J. L. C. (2007). Sibling’s family drama: Family treatment and anorexia nervosa in Hong Kong. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 19(2), 25-61.
  25. Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C. & Chan, Y. K. (2006). Labour force participation of married women in Hong Kong: A feminist perspective. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 37(1), 93-112.

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