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2021
Lily L. L. Xia & Joyce L. C. Ma (2021) A gendered analysis of symptom severity and perceived social support of Hong Kong Chinese parents with depression, Social Work in Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2021.1917473 (pdf available here)
Ma, J. L. C., Xia, L. L., Yau, M. L. T., Yiu, C. Y. Y. (2021). Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Hong Kong Chinese parents recover from depression. Journal of Family Therapy, 0: 1–2. Doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12340 (pdf available here)
2020
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, J. C. Y., & Xia, L. L. (2020). Helping a Chinese depressed adult with high functioning autism to reconnect with his family through structural family therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 42: 518-535. Doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12281.
Siu, A. F. Y., & Lo, J. W. K. (2020). Promising effect of a family ruby program for children with ADHD: Promoting parent-child relationship and perceptual change on child’s behaviour. Complementary Therapies in clinical practice, 39 (101135). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101135.
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, J. C. Y. and Xia, L. L. (2020). Resolving intergenerational conflicts for a Hong Kong Chinese couple with a wife having high functioning autism (HFA) through structural family therapy. Asian Journal of Family Therapy, 4(1), 15-29. http://www.familytherapy.or.kr/kaft/bbs/board.php?bo_table=en_bo_07 (pdf available here)
Si, Y., Ma, J. L. C., & Zhang, J. (2020). Factors Influencing Parenting Stress among Chinese Families of Children with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in Xi’an, China, Children & Youth Service Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105148 .
Ho, H. W. M., Ma, J. L. C., & Lai, K. Y. C. (2020). Power relation in a school-context: Resistance of Chinese caregivers of school-age children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. International Social Work, 1-15, DOI: 10.1177/0020872819896825.
Xia, L. L. L., & Ma, J. L. C. (2020). Sitting in: The experience of learning and practicing family therapy through being a cotherapist in Hong Kong. Family Process, 59,1914-1927, doi: 10.1111/famp.12531
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, J. C. Y., Xia, L. L. L., & Lo, J. W. K. (2020). Repairing the parent-child relationship for a Hong Kong Chinese family of an adult daughter with high functioning autism (HFA) through structural family therapy and multiple family therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 42: 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-019-09529-2 
2019
Lam, C. M., Kwong, W. M., & To, S. M. (2019). Has parenting changed over past decade? A qualitative study of generational shifts in parenting. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 9(2), 42-47. doi:10.18178/ijssh.2019.V9.988
Ma, J. L. C. (2019). Educational poverty of children of the poor and alleviation measures of it in Hong Kong, China. Supplement to the Journal “Studi Zancan”, 3-4: 22-29. https://shop.fondazionezancan.it/media/free-content/4224/SZ3-4_2019TUTTOsito.pdf (Italian) and https://shop.fondazionezancan.it/media/free-content/4227/SZ%203-4%202019%20Special%20issue.pdf (English).
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K., Wan, E. S. F., & Xia, L. L. (2019). Multiple family therapy for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: treatment efficacy from the children’s perspective, and their subjective experiences. Journal of Family Therapy, 41:599-619. Doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12240.
To, S. M., Lam, C. M., & So, Y. Y. (2019). Reflections of Parents and Parent Work Practitioners on the Changing Experiences and Circumstances of Parenting in Hong Kong. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity. doi: 10.18178/ijssh
Wong, M. C., Ma, J. L. C, Xia, L. L., & Hui, J. K. (2019). A study on family research in Hong Kong: a critical review and annotated bibliography. Family Council of HKSAR government.https://www.familycouncil.gov.hk/en/research/research_value.html
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C., & Xia, L. L. L. (2019). Perceived social support, perception of competence, and hope among Chinese children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a Chinese context: Children's perspective. Child & Family Social Work, 1-9. doi:10.1111/cfs.12655
Lo, W. K., & Ma, C. L. (2019). Understanding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from social-ecological and evolutionary perspectives: Implications for an alternative psychosocial intervention for Chinese families of adolescents with ADHD. Movement and Nutrition in Health and Disease. DOI: 10.5283/mnhd.20
Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C., & Yuan, R. (2019). Effects of mediator’s professional competence and mediation process on user satisfaction with child custody, finances, and property outcomes, Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 13: 242-251, DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12176.
Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C., & Xia, L. L. L. (2019). A Qualitative Study of Parents’ and Children’s Views on Mediation. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 60(6), 418-435. doi:10.1080/10502556.2018.1558857
Xia, L. L. & Ma, J. L. C. (2019). Childcare polices and services in Hong Kong after the handover: Beyond a feminist critique. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 13: 295-306, DOI: 10.1111/aswp.12182.
2018
Ma, J. L. C., Yuan, R. R., Leung, T. Y. K., & Wong, O. L. (2018) Subjective learning experiences of psychiatric nurses being trained in family therapy: A qualitative inquiry in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Family Therapy. 2(2), 27-41.
Lai, K. Y. C., Ma, J. L. C., & Xia, L. L. (2018). Multifamily therapy for children with ADHD in Hong Kong: The different impacts on fathers and mothers. Journal of Attention Disorders. DOI: 10.1177/1087054718756195
Wan, E. S. F., Lo, J. W. K., Ma, J. L. C., Yau-Ng, M. L. T. & Lai, K. Y. C. (2018) Parental Experience in Multi-Family Therapy for Chinese Families of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Exploring the Role of Mutual Aid. Asian Journal of Family Therapy. 2(1), 62-76.
2017
Chang, C. & Biegel DE. (2017). Factors affecting mental health service utilization among Latino Americans with mental health issues. Journal of Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1385742.
Biegel, D.E, & Chang, C. (2017). Social supports: Formal and Informal. In Capezuti, L., Malone, M.L., Gardner, D.S., Khan, A., & Baumann, S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Elder Care. Fourth Edition. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Ma, J. L. C. (2017). Growing Up in Pain: Anorexia Nervosa and Family Therapy in a Chinese Context, Eating Disorders - A Paradigm of the Biopsychosocial Model of Illness, Prof. Ignacio Jáuregui Lobera (Ed.), InTech, doi: 10.5772/65247.
Ma, J. L. C. & Xia, L. L. (2017). Development of social welfare service after 1997 in Hong Kong: the case of children service. In M. C. Cheung & W. K. Chui (Eds.), Post-1997 Hong Kong (pp. 413-444). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK. (Chinese). 社會福利: 以兒童照顧為例 ,載於張妙清、趙永佳編<香港特區二十年>,香港中文大學香港亞太研究所。
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C., & Lo, J. W. K. (2017). Impact of age and symptom severity on parent-child relationships and self-perception among Chinese children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Social Work in Mental Health, 15 (5), 538-554. doi: 10.1080/15332985.2016.1261752.
Ma, J. L. C., Yuen, R. R., Leung, Y. K. & Wong, O. L. (2017). Learning Outcome of a Family Therapy Training Course for Psychiatric Nurses in a Chinese Context. Contemporary Family Therapy. doi: 10.1007/s10591-017-9422-1.
Ma, J. L. C., Yau, M. L. T., Yuan, R. R. (2017). Roles and Challenges of professional supervision in social service agency development: The case of Jinan, Shandong. Social Work Review, (1), 129-145. (In Chinese). 專業督導在機構發展中的角色與挑戰 - 以山東濟南為例, <社會工作評論>.上海復旦大學出版
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C., & Xia, L. L. L. (2017). Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy for Chinese children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Family Process. doi:10.1111/famp.12297.
吳惠貞。 (2017) 。「雨後藍天」載於《深耕細作在心田 II -25個優秀社工的故事》 第1版 。香港: 陸續出版有限公司。
Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C. & Chan, L. C. L. (2017). The impact of poverty on children in out-of-home care services in a Chinese context and the application of multiple family group therapy to enrich their family lives. Children and Youth Services Review. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.013.
Xia, L. L. L. (2017). The family impasse of adult survivors of father-daughter sexual abuse: a clinical case study with the application of the systemic perspective and attachment theory. Social Work Journal, 4 (271), 54-64 (Chinese). 遭父性侵女性成年后的家庭困局:一项基于系统视角和依恋理论的临床案例分析。社会工作,2017年04期,54-64.文章编号:1672-4828(2017)04-0054-11.
2016
Chung CL, Pernice-Duca F, Biegel DE, Norden M, Chang, C. (2016). Family perspectives of how their relatives with mental illness benefit from Clubhouse participation: a qualitative inquiry. Journal of Mental Health, 25(4), 372-378. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2016.1149805.
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C. & Lo, W. K. (2016). Impact of Age and Symptom Severity on Parent-Child Relationships and Self-Perception among Chinese Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Social Work in Mental Health, doi: 10.1080/15332985.2016.1261752.
Ma, J. L. C. & Lai, K. (2016). Paternal and maternal experiences in caring for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a Chinese society. Asian Social Work and Policy Review. 1-15. doi:10.1111/aswp.12089.
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K. Y. C. & Lo, W. K. (2016). Perceived social support in Chinese parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a Chinese context: Implications for social work practice. Social Work in Mental Health, doi:10.1080/15332985.2016.1159643.
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K., & Wan, E. S. F. (2016). Multi-family group intervention for Chinese families with a child suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorders in a Chinese context. Social Work with Groups, 1-18. doi:10.1080/01609513.2015.1132028.
Wan, E. S. F., Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K., & Lo, W. K. (2016). The Subjective Experiences of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder of Chinese Families in Hong Kong: The Co-construction of Meanings in Multiple Family Group. Health & Social Work, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlw023.
2015
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, C. K., Tse, S. K. (2015). A Community Mental Health Approach in Identifying People at Risk of Poor Mental Health: A Case Study in Hong Kong. Advances in Applied Sociology. 5, 243-257. Doi: 10.4236/associ.2015.59023.
Ma, J. L. C., Lai, K., & Wan, E. S. F. (2015). Maltreatment in parent-child relationships in Chinese families with children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong: A qualitative study. British Journal of Social Work, 1-19, doi-10.1093/bjsw/bev079.
2014
Chang, C., & Chung, C., Biegel, D. E., Pernice-Duca, F., Min, MO., & Angelo, L. (2014). Predictors of Loneliness of Clubhouse members. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 37(1), 51-54.
Ma, J. L. C. (2014). The father's roles in the recovery of young Chinese suffering from eating disorders in two Chinese cities, Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Journal of Family Therapy, Doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12037.
Ma, J. L., & Lai, K. Y. (2014). Family Engagement in Children with Mental Health Needs in a Chinese Context: A Dream or Reality?. Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 23(3-4), 173-189.
Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., & Lai, L. Y (2014). The work-family interface in Hong Kong: Implications for social work practice. Journal of Family Social Work, 17, 3-20. DOI:10.1080/10522158.2013.865286.
Mooly M. C. Wong, Joyce L. C. Ma & Londy C. L. Chan (2014): Multiple Family Group Therapy for Families with Children Placed in Out-Of-Home Care in a Chinese Context, Social Work with Groups, DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2014.921882
黃美菁馬麗莊邱吳麗端,梁陳彩蓮。(2014)。受照顧兒童及其家庭之多元家庭小組工作手冊。香港:策馬文創有限公司。
2013
Leung, Y. K. (2013) Alternative ways of Social Work Education: reflection from C vision experiences In Conference on Alternative Social Work Education dated April 20 ,2013.
Leung, G., Leung, Y. K., &, Ng, L. T. M. (2013). An outcome study of Gestalt oriented growth workshops in International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.
Wong, O. L., & Ma, J. L. C. (2013). Development of Family Therapy in Hong Kong, Contemporary Family Therapy. (DOI) 10.1007/s10591-013-9251-9.
Leung, S. F., Ma, J. L. C., & Russell, J. (2013). Enhancing quality of life in people with disordered eating using an online self-help programme. Journal of Eating Disorders, 1:9, doi:10.1186/2050-2974-1-9.
Leung, S. F., Ma, J. L. C., & Russell, J. (2013). Enhancing motivation to change in eating disorders with an online self-help programme. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 22, 329-339. Doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00870.x
2012
Ma, J. L. C. (2012). Family-centred care for children and youth with mental health needs: The case of anorexia nervosa. Hong Kong Journal of Mental Health, 38(1), 62-70
Ma, J. L. C. (2012). Perceived process of change in family therapy for eating disorders in Shenzhen, China: A qualitative study. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 23(3), 184-201. DOI: 10.1080/08975353.2012.705638.
Ma, J. L. C. (2012) The future of the Centre for the Single-parent families. In the Ten Anniversary of the Centre of Single-parent families, Caritas – Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Caritas Hong Kong.
Ma, J. L. C., Wan, E. S. F., & Wong, M. M. C. (2012). Experiencing multiple family groups in a Chinese context: the clients' perception of its helpful and unhelpful impact. Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and Community, 1-16. DOI:10.1080/02650533.2012.706217.
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, T. K. Y., Lau, Y. K., & Lai, L. Y. (2012) The effect of socio-economic status and family structure on parental warmth and parental control in a Chinese context. Asia Social Work and Policy Review. Doi:10.1111/aswp.12002.
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.
Ge, L. & Ma, J. L. C. (2012). Non-filial piety: an exploration of youths' beating toward their parents in Hong Kong and its implications for clinical practice. Youth Exploration. 173(3), 27-35. (in Chinese)
Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Chan, Y. K., He, L. P. (2012). 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, 43(5), 715-730.
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. Doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05988.x
Lau, Y. K., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., & Lai, L. Y. (2012). Work and family balance of Hong Kong employees. Occasional Paper No. 224. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (In Chinese).(refereed)
Lau, Y.K., Lai, L.Y., Ma, J.L.C., Wan, P.S., Wong, K.Y., Lai, L.Y. (in press). Work-Family Conflicts, Family Leisure Activities, and Family Functioning in Hong Kong. International Journal of Employment Studies, 20(1)
Wong, O.L. (2012). "Book Review: Anorexia Nervosa and Family Therapy in a Chinese Context", Journal of Family Therapy.
2011
Leung, Y. K., Wong, Y. L., Lau, D., &, Mak, K. H. (2011). Beyond Cognitive Behavioral Intervention: Use of Mindfulness and Gestalt Approach in a Treatment Group Working with Relapsed Male Gamblers in Hong Kong in Social Work Group Collections edited by Leung Yuk Ki, Cheung Man Sze, Yau Tat Yu and Au Kit Lin. Hong Kong: (In Chinese)
梁玉麒. (2011)。<「緩痛綠洲」計劃-參加者回饋及啟示>。《痛症管理-長者服務應用手冊》 第1版,頁126-129。香港:基督教香港信義會社會服務部。
梁玉麒、游達裕、區結蓮、張敏思 (2011)。香港社工小組工作前瞻。於《千帆並舉:社會工作小組新貌》。梁玉麒、張敏思、游達裕、歐結蓮編。香港:策馬出版。
冼鳳儀、陳嘉渝、梁玉麒、游達裕 (2011)。痛而不苦:「與痛同行」長者痛症管理小組。 於《千帆並舉:社會工作小組新貌》。梁玉麒、張敏思、游達裕、歐結蓮編。香港:策馬出版。
Ma, J. L. C. (2011). A book review of Theory & Practice in Clinical Social Work, (ed.), by Jerrold R. Brandell, (2nd ed.), China Journal of Social Work, 4(3), 291-295.
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. DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2010.543345.
Ma, J. L. C., Wong, K. Y., & Lai, L. Y. (2011). Mediating effect of perceived family functioning in the relationship between parenting stress and parenting style: Implications for social work practice, Conference Proceeding of 2011 Taiwan-Hong Kong Sociology and Social Image Conference. Academia Sinica, Taiwan. (in Chinese). (Invited paper).
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. DOI:10.1111/j.1753-1411.2011.00056.x
Lau, Y.K., Lai, L.Y., Ma, J.L.C., Wan, P.S., Wong, K.Y. (2011). The Work-family Interface in Hong Kong. International Workshop on Work-Life Balance, 27th -28th June 2011, Sun Yat-sen (Zhong Shan) University, Guangzhou, China.
馬麗莊黃美菁,溫淑芬,王定茹。(2011) 多元家庭小組協助親職困難的家庭:香港經驗。載於梁玉麒,游達裕,區結蓮,張敏思(編著),千帆並舉:社會工作小組新貌 (頁217-240)。香港:策馬出版。
馬麗莊、王家英、劉玉琼 (2011) 。香港社會對家庭功能和家庭資源認知的性別差異。蕭新煌、尹寶珊、王家英編。『解讀臺港社會意向』(第99-121頁)。香港: 香港中文大學香港亞太研究所。
劉玉琼、馬麗莊、尹寶珊、王家英、賴樂嫣(2011). 「戲無益」?家庭閒暇活動對精神健康及家庭功能的影響, 華人社會和諧家庭論壇暨第九屆家庭問題研討會, 2011年7月8至10日 , 中國 廣州。
劉玉琼、馬麗莊、尹寶珊、王家英、賴樂嫣(2011). 「戲無益」?家庭閒暇活動對精神健康及家庭功能的影響, 中國家庭研究。6, 17-37@@

Books

馬麗莊、溫淑芬、夏麗麗邱吳麗端、饒欣怡。(2019) 。《多元家庭小組協助受抑鬱症困擾的家長及其家庭的先導計劃》。香港: 經濟日報出版社。
吳麗端、林嘉婷。(2015)。自閉症:兒童至成人的支援。香港:基督教文藝出版社。
梁玉麒。(2012)。《生活之道 一位完形心理治療師的悟與思》。龍迪譯。中國北京: 化學工業出版社。
梁玉麒、游達裕、區結蓮、張敏思編著。(2011)。《千帆並舉:社會工作小組新貌》。香港:策馬出版。
黃幹知、梁玉麒。 (2011)。《舉一玩十:一種物資帶領多個遊戲》。香港:策馬出版。
馬麗莊。(2011)。《打開家鎖──中國家庭治療與厭食症的臨床研究 》。龍廸譯。北京: 高等教育出版社。
馬麗莊。(2011) 。《厭食症與家庭治療》。龍廸譯。香港: 匯智出版。
Ma, J. L. (2011). Anorexia Nervosa and Family Therapy in a Chinese Context, Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.

Research Project Report

Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., Xia, L. L., & Fok, H. T. (2020). Research report on a study on family wellbeing index in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society. 
(Family-wellbeing report香港家庭幸福指數調查研究報告: https://www.hkfws.org.hk/reports and questionnaire: https://www.hkfws.org.hk/hkfwi )
Wong, M. M. C., Leung, G. S. M., Ma, J. L. C., Fok, M. H. T. & Yip, E. Y. C. (2020). Research report on the Kindergarten Stationing Service - Enhancement of Social Emotional Competencies of Preschoolers. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society.
Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., Xia, L. L., & Fok, H. T. (2020). Research report on a study on family wellbeing index in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society.
Research project report by Zhou, H., Dai, H., Hu, M., & Tadeo, M. C. M. (2017). Impact Evaluation Study on Enrich’s Financial and Empowerment Education Programme. Hong Kong: Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.