Lam Ching Man, Lam Mong Chow, Shek Daniel T L, Tang Vera M Y
Social Welfare Practice and Research Center, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2004 Oct-Dec;16(4):343-57. doi: 10.1515/ijamh.2004.16.4.343.
Using a qualitative approach, this paper examines how Chinese adolescents from low-income families cope with economic disadvantage. Thirty-five in-depth one-to-one interviews with twelve adolescents from economically disadvantaged families were conducted. The findings of the study revealed that, although the participants were growing up poor, they do not have a strong sense of poverty, or have a negative perception on poverty. Some of them even attached a positive meaning to their experience of poverty. The accounts of the adolescents revealed that there were personal (low sense of poverty), familial (support from parents and siblings), cultural (cultural interpretation on poverty) and contextual (unclear poor neighborhood boundary, weak poverty subculture) protective factors that promoted adolescent developmental resilience. The study results highlighted the distinct Chinese pattern of socialization and the impacts of Chinese cultural beliefs on poor families. The findings also illustrate the prominent role of family in helping adolescents cope with economic disadvantage.
本文采用定性研究方法，考察了来自低收入家庭的中国青少年如何应对经济劣势。研究人员对12名经济弱势家庭的青少年进行了35次深入的一对一访谈。研究结果表明，尽管参与者在贫困中成长，但他们并没有强烈的贫困意识，也没有对贫困持负面看法。他们中的一些人甚至赋予了贫困经历积极的意义。青少年的叙述显示，存在个人（贫困意识淡薄）、家庭（来自父母和兄弟姐妹的支持）、文化（对贫困的文化解读）和环境（贫困社区边界不明确、贫困亚文化薄弱）等保护因素，这些因素促进了青少年的发展韧性。研究结果凸显了独特的中国社会化模式以及中国文化信仰对贫困家庭的影响。研究结果还说明了家庭在帮助青少年应对经济劣势方面的突出作用。
