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Journal Articles

2022
Ma, J. L. C., Xia, L. L., Yau-Ng, M. & Yiu, C. (2022). Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Chinese children of depressed parents in Hong Kong, China. Family Process, 61, 198-212, https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12736
Lo, J. W. K., & Ma, J. L. C. (2022). Use of Nature in a Multi-Family Therapy for Chinese Families of Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Photo-elicitation Study. Journal of Family Therapy, 00: 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467.12398 (pdf available here)
Xia, L. L., Ma, J. L. C., Yau-Ng, M., & Yiu, C. (2022). An interactive process model of knowledge transfer for social work through university-agency collaboration: subjective experiences of the agency social workers in Hong Kong. British Journal of Social Work, 00, 1-22. https//doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac023 (pdf available here)
Wong, M. M. C., Ma, J. L. C., Wan, P. S., Xia, L. L. L. & Fok, M. H. T. (2022). Development and validation of a family well-being index for Chinese families in Hong Kong. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02281-6 . (pdf available here)
Mustafina, A., Amitov, S., & Ma, J. L. C. (2022). Multiple Levels of Factors Protecting Against Peer Rejection in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221082147 (pdf available here)
 
2021
Joyce L. C. Ma (2021) Family-based intervention for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Hong Kong, China, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, DOI: 10.1002/anzf.1468
http://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1468 (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)
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)
Dai, H., Jung, N., Li, N., & Hu, M. (2021). Market merits and family virtues: Family caregivers in the labor market of Hong Kong. The China Review, 22(3), 325-351. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48683831
Garcia, A. R., Kim, M., Myers, C. & Trinh, X. (2021). Do implementation contexts for the Positive Parenting Program improve child and parental well-being? Journal of Social Work, 21(6), 1512-1532. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017320957497
To, S. M., Yan, M. W., & Lau, C. D. (2021). Meaning-making of motherhood among mothers with substance abuse problems. Frontiers in Psychology, 3817. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.679586
 
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.
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 
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 .
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
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.
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.
 
2019
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.
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., & 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
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
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.
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. http://www.familytherapy.or.kr/kaft/bbs/board.php?bo_table=en_bo_07&wr_id=20
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. http://www.familytherapy.or.kr/kaft/bbs/board.php?bo_table=en_bo_07&wr_id=15
 
2017
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
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.
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.
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
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2013.838815
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
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
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. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijgp.2013.63.1.117
 
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 https://www.mhahk.org.hk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2012-381-62-70.pdf
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. https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2012.40.2.245
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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23267842
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.

Books

黃美菁馬麗莊、尹寶珊、夏麗麗。 (2021)。「 香港「家庭幸福」狀況」。載於蕭新煌、尹寶珊、楊文山、鄭宏泰編<勾勒與比較台港社會意索> 37-68頁。香港: 香港中文大學香港亞太研究所。(pdf 在此
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。

Research Project Report

馬麗莊、黃美菁 ,邱吴麗端,羅穎嘉 (2021) 「輕中度智障青少的家庭為本介入:探索性研究」。香港中文大學社會工作學系及香港弱智人士家長聯會出版.
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.