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Overview

Mantak Yuen is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on Education, Safety Research, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work mainly covers the following topics:

  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Mantak Yuen has published frequently in several academic venues including:

  • British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  • International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • The Career Development Quarterly
  • Current Psychology

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Factors Influencing Life Satisfaction of International Students in Mainland China, 2020, International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
  • International medical students' perspectives on factors affecting their academic success in China: a qualitative study, 2022, BMC Medical Education
  • Career-Related Parental Support, Vocational Identity, and Career Adaptability: Interrelationships and Gender Differences, 2021, The Career Development Quarterly
  • Career adaptability as a mediator between social capital and career engagement, 2022, The Career Development Quarterly
  • Career-related teacher support: A review of roles that teachers play in supporting students' career planning, 2020, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Mantak Yuen's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Gaowei Chen
  • Qinxu Jiang
  • Hugo Horta
  • Jiahong Zhang
  • Wendi Beamish

In addition to journal articles, Mantak Yuen has contributed to academic books published by Springer Nature. Notable titles include:

  • The Inclusion for Students with Special Educational Needs across the Asia Pacific (2022)
  • Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs (2020)
  • Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures to Help Teachers Support Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2022)

Best Publications

  • Perfectionism, Depression, Loneliness, and Life Satisfaction: A Study of High School Students in Hong Kong

    Kenneth T. Wang;Mantak Yuen;Robert B. Slaney

  • Personal and environmental factors affecting teachers’ creativity-fostering practices in Hong Kong

    Serene Chan;Mantak Yuen

  • Do Demographic Characteristics Make a Difference to Burnout among Hong Kong Secondary School Teachers

    Patrick S. Y. Lau;Man Tak Yuen;Raymond M. C. Chan

  • Development and validation of the Triarchic Model of Grit Scale (TMGS): Evidence from Filipino undergraduate students

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Man Tak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Personality, Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Commitment to the Career Choices Process among Chinese Graduate Students.

    Leili Jin;David Watkins;Mantak Yuen

  • The Triarchic Model of Grit Is Linked to Academic Success and Well-Being among Filipino High School Students.

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Whether highly curious students thrive academically depends on perceptions about the school learning environment: A study of Hong Kong adolescents

    Todd Barrett Kashdan;Mantak Yuen

  • Grit and determination: A review of literature with implications for theory and research

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Relation of career adaptability to meaning in life and connectedness among adolescents in Hong Kong

    Mantak Yuen;Josephine Yau

  • The international school psychology survey: Data from Australia, China, Germany, Italy and Russia

    Shane R. Jimerson;Kelly Graydon;Mantak Yuen;Shui-Fong Lam

  • Meeting the needs of students with specific learning difficulties in the mainstream education system: Data from primary school teachers in Hong Kong

    Mantak Yuen;Peter Westwood;Gunter Wong

  • Acculturation, Economic Stress, Social Relationships and School Satisfaction Among Migrant Children in Urban China

    Lue Fang;Rachel C. F. Sun;Mantak Yuen

  • Career Guidance and Counseling for University Students in China

    Vincy Jing Sun;Mantak Yuen

  • Career Adaptability, Self-Esteem, and Social Support among Hong Kong University Students

    Tracy Hui;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Talent development, work habits, and career exploration of Chinese middle‐school adolescents: development of the Career and Talent Development Self‐Efficacy Scale

    Mantak Yuen;Norman C. Gysbers;Raymond M.C. Chan;Patrick S.Y. Lau

  • Integrating students with special needs in Hong Kong secondary schools: Teachers' attitudes and their possible relationship to guidance training

    M Yuen;P Westwood

  • Exploring Determination for Long-Term Goals in a Collectivist Context: a Qualitative Study

    Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu;Man Tak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Factors Influencing Life Satisfaction of International Students in Mainland China.

    Qinxu Jiang;Qinxu Jiang;Mantak Yuen;Hugo Horta

  • Teacher support for career development: an integrative review and research agenda

    Jiahong Zhang;Mantak Yuen;Gaowei Chen

  • Creativity beliefs, creative personality and creativity-fostering practices of gifted education teachers and regular class teachers in Hong Kong

    Serene Chan;Mantak Yuen

  • Cross-Cultural Predictors of Teachers' Attitudes toward Gifted Education: Finland, Hong Kong, and the United States.

    Kirsi A. Tirri;Mary K. Tallent-Runnels;Aida M. Adams;Mantak Yuen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesus Alfonso D. Datu
Jesus Alfonso D. Datu University of Hong Kong
Daniel T. L. Shek
Daniel T. L. Shek Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Todd B. Kashdan
Todd B. Kashdan George Mason University
Nirmala Rao
Nirmala Rao University of Hong Kong
David Watkins
David Watkins University of Melbourne
Patrick E. McKnight
Patrick E. McKnight George Mason University
Shane R. Jimerson
Shane R. Jimerson University of California, Santa Barbara
Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School

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