title: Family functioning of Chinese families in an impoverished neighborhood in Hong Kong.
abstract: Consonant with the family stress model, in this study family economic disadvantage, concomitant with cumulative family stressors, concurrently contributed to poor family functioning of 504 Chinese families in an impoverished neighborhood in Hong Kong, in which the latter factor appeared to be more pronounced. Implications were briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong. ssjerf@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jerf W K
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Yuk-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology