Steven Sek‐yum Ngai

Chinese University of Hong Kong — China

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

21h-index1.3kcitations107works1.12yr avg
OpenAlex↗ORCID↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Youth Development and Social Support(18), Youth Education and Societal Dynamics(15), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(14), Resilience and Mental Health(13), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction(10)

Publications107 total

Unveiling the Complexity of Chinese Nonengaged Youths' Career‐Related Competencies Through Latent Class Analysis: Examining Their Profiles, Mental Health, and Social Well‐Being
Journal of Adolescence·2025Open Access
Investigating Developmental Outcomes in School-to-Work Transitions for Youth with Chronic Disabling Health Conditions: A Social Capital Perspective Using Unconditional Quantile Regression Analysis
Applied Research in Quality of Life·2025Open Access
Unmasking Gender Dynamics in Grandparenting: Caregiving Gender-Role Attitudes and Children’s Social Adjustment Across Grandparent–Grandchild Gender Dyads
Sex Roles·2025Open Access
The social-emotional consequences of child neglect: Exploring the interpersonal and psychological pathways
Children and Youth Services Review·2025
Intergenerational Bonding, Resilience, and Left-Behind Children’s Cognitive-Behavioral Competencies: A Chain Mediating Model
Applied Research in Quality of Life·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Can public welfare employment address disability challenges in rural China?
Disability & Society·2025
Enhancing the Organizational Evaluation Capacity of NGOs: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study
Research on Social Work Practice·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
District Networks for Promoting Non-engaged Youth’s Career and Life Development
Research on Social Work Practice·2025· 1 cited
Unraveling the school-to-work transition of non-engaged youth: A continuous-time Markov chain analysis
Children and Youth Services Review·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Compassion Scale: factor structure and scale validation in Hong Kong adolescents
Frontiers in Psychology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Behavioral development in the Shadow of child Neglect: The roles of resilience and peer rejection
Children and Youth Services Review·2024· 3 cited
Development and Validation of the Organizational Evaluation Capacity Scale among Nongovernmental Organizations in Hong Kong
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research·2024· 1 cited
Pathways from school to work: A sequence analysis of non‐engaged youth
Journal of Adolescence·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Enhancing Social Workers’ Capacity Building for Career and Life Development Services: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study
Research on Social Work Practice·2024· 2 cited
Generative Motives Scale--Chinese Version
PsycTESTS Dataset·2024
Validation of the Generative Motives Scale to Measure Generativity Among Midlife Grandparent Caregivers in Urban China
Journal of Adult Development·2023
Hope, career competency, and social well-being among non-engaged youth in Hong Kong: a longitudinal network analysis
Current Psychology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Social support and subjective well-being of noncustodial grandparent caregivers in urban China: The mediating roles of generative acts
Geriatric Nursing·2023· 7 cited
Career and life development intervention for non-engaged youth: Evaluating the Hong Kong Benchmarks (Community) Pilot Program
Frontiers in Psychology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Career interventions and social well-being among non-engaged youth: Examining the mediating effects of career competency
Children and Youth Services Review·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
page 1 of 6Next →

Frequent Co-authors

Chau‐kiu Cheung(23), Ngai Pun(8), Siu‐ming To(7), Yuen-hang Ng(6), Rui Yuan(5), Hiu-Lam Ngai(4), Lin Wang(4), Hon-yin Tang(4), Lili Xie(3), Shan Jiang(3), Jianhong Mo(3), Lin Wang(2), Siu-mee Iu Kan(2), Kenix Hok-ching Wong(2), Pinqiao Wang(2), Elly Nga-hin Yu(2), Cori Poffenberger(1), Marianne Gausche‐Hill(1), Andrew Myers(1), Richard Renslo(1)