{"id":425006,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&p=425006"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:17:01","slug":"exploring-experiences-and-perceptions-of-the-helping-relationships-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/exploring-experiences-and-perceptions-of-the-helping-relationships-in-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPLORING EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE HELPING RELATIONSHIPS IN MACAU"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE PRESENT RESEARCH AIMED TO ASSESS AND COMPARE THE PERSPECTIVES OF TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND YOUTH REGARDING THE MAIN POSITIVE ASPECTS AND CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT YOUTH IN MACAO, NAMELY: (1 AND 2) WHAT ARE THE MAIN POSITIVE ASPECTS\/CONCERNS MACAO TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND YOUTH FOCUS ON? AND (2 AND 3) HOW ALIGNED ARE TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND YOUTH IN MACAO REGARDING THE POSITIVE ASPECTS\/CONCERNS? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WE APPLIED A QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY BASED ON A QUANTITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS INCLUDED IN THE MACAO VALIDATION (SIM\u00d5ES ET AL., UNPUBLISHED REPORT) OF THE ACHENBACH SYSTEM OF EMPIRICALLY BASED ASSESSMENT (ACHENBACH, 1991; \u201cWHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING YOUR CHILD\/YOUR STUDENT\/YOURSELF\u201d, AND \u201cWHAT ARE THE MOST POSITIVE ASPECTS ABOUT YOUR CHILD\/YOUR STUDENT\/YOURSELF\u201d). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WE FOUND ALIGNMENT REGARDING POSITIVE ASPECTS, WITH YOUTH, PARENTS AND TEACHERS FOCUSING ON PERSONALITY, ABILITIES, AND ATTITUDES, AND PARENTS ADDITIONALLY ON INDEPENDENCE. REGARDING CONCERNS, THERE WAS LESS ALIGNMENT. ALL MENTIONED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, BUT PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALSO MENTIONED HEALTH, MORALITY, ATTITUDES, AND TEACHERS\u2019 CLASS ENGAGEMENT CONCERNS. TEACHERS AND YOUTHS MENTIONED FUTURE PLANNING, WHILE ONLY THE YOUTH MENTIONED SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES, THEIR ABILITIES AND CHARACTER AND CLASS RULES AND ASSIGNMENTS. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THESE CATEGORIES ARE ALIGNED WITH DEVELOPMENT MODELS, INCLUDING ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY (BRONFENBRENNER, 1994), SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY (BANDURA, 1977, 1986), MORAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES (MEAD, 1928; GILLIGAN 1933), SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY (DECI & RYAN, 2000) AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES (E.G., LERNER, 2005). THE MAIN PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS ARE THAT (1) YOUTH SHOULD HAVE A GREATER AWARENESS OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; (2) PARENTS SHOULD BUILD UP A SUPPORT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE AUTONOMY (3) SCHOOLS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROMOTING STUDENTS\u2019 HEALTH BY CREATING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT; (4) COUNSELLORS SHOULD PROMOTE RE-CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS OR TEACHERS; AND (5) DECISION-MAKERS SHOULD INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AWARENESS TO DIMINISH THE STIGMA, DE-EMPHASISE EDUCATION STRATEGIES BASED ON STANDARDISED TESTING, AND ADDRESS BROADER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES TO REDUCE DISPARITIES AND ACADEMIC PRESSURE AMONG YOUTHS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-425006","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-counselling-and-psychotherapy","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-health-sciences","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-master"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u9031 ago","modified":"Updated 7 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:38 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:17 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY<\/a>"],"unlinked":["COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["THESIS & DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["THESIS & DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["MASTER<\/a>"],"unlinked":["MASTER<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431476,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425006\/revisions\/431476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}