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PSYCHOLOGY IN HONG KONG *
Author(s) -
Ho David Y.F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598608247586
Subject(s) - international psychology , psychology , indigenous , china , psychological research , asian psychology , school psychology , face (sociological concept) , consulting psychology , sport psychology , social science , medical education , pedagogy , applied psychology , sociology , political science , social psychology , law , medicine , ecology , biology
Western psychology has had only a brief history in Hong Kong. However, it has grown considerably in the last two decades and is now firmly established academically and professionally. Currently, the Hong Kong Psychological Society has about 200 members and affiliates. Postgraduate training in research and in professional (clinical and educational) psychology is offered on a limited scale. Academic psychologists are active in research and in international bodies. Among practitioners, clinical psychologists number about 60 and educational psychologists about 20 ‐ already among the largest in Asia. Two considerations are paramount in discussing future directions: to develop a psychology with indigenous roots, and to face the challenge of changing sociopolitical realities posed by the return of Hong Kong to China's sovereignty in 1997.