Quality of Life of Chinese People in a Changing World (Social Indicators Research Series, 44)

An examination of the major academic databases shows that there is a severe lack of studies of the quality of life of Chinese people. This picture deserves attention, particularly in view of the growing influence of China in the global arena. This book examines quality of life in Chinese people in different Chinese communities, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. It is pioneer in the field and it has several unique features. First, in view of the lack of studies on Chinese family quality of life, this book contains papers on Chinese family quality of life. Second, in response to the lack of studies on the quality of life of Chinese adolescents, several papers on adolescent assessment, theory and intervention are included. Third, several papers examine quality of life of Chinese people in different stages of the life cycle. Finally, to give a broad picture about quality of life phenomena, papers adopting quantitative and qualitative methodologies are included in this book.

There is a severe lack of studies on the quality of life of Chinese people, which is a distressing void, given the growing influence of China in the global arena. This book fills that void. Quality of Life of Chinese People in a Changing World is a pioneering work that offers the most updated picture on the quality of life of Chinese people in different Chinese communities, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. It includes papers on Chinese family quality of life, papers on adolescent assessment, theory and intervention, and papers on Chinese people in different stages of the life cycle. And to give a broad picture about quality of life phenomena, it offers papers adopting quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Reprinted from Social Indicators Research, 95.3 (2010)