Venturing to the Unknown:
Men's Studies in Greater China
  

Divorce

Divorce

Major Study Highlights

Purpose

  • Understand the misery of divorced men in Chinese context
  • Arouse the attention on the needs of divorced men in the social service
  • Eliminate the influences of social construction perspective on the divorced men

Methods

  • 3 focused Groups followed with in-depth individual interviews

Participants

  • 18 divorced men


Key Findings

Venturing to the Unknown: Men's Studies in Greater China: Divorce

Full Report of Study

  • Visioning the Misery of Men in Divorces

  • Report Title

    Visioning the Misery of Men in Divorces

    Citation

    Chan, T.M. Simon, Li, K.Y. Mark, Lai, W. L. (2010) Visioning the Misery of Men in Divorces. HK: Caritas Personal Growth Centre for Men. (In Chinese)

    (There is no English translation for this article)

  • Unraveling the Hidden Story of Men in Divorce

  • Report Title

    Unraveling the Hidden Story of Men in Divorce

    Citation

    Chan, T. M. S. (2013). Unraveling the Hidden Story of Men in Divorce. In T. M. Chan (Ed.), Innovative Theory and Practice in Working with Male Service Users (pp. 106-118). Hong Kong: Roundtable. (In Chinese)

    Acknowledgements

    Article from: https://www.red-publish.com/book/2074

    (There is no English translation for this article)



Survey

Profile

Gender:
Male   Female


Age:
18 and below   19-39   40-59   60 and above


Education:
Primary   Secondary   Diploma   University


Divorced Men

1. How will you describe a divorced men? (can tick more than one)

Emotionally hurt

Feel guilty because they fail the family

Difficult to Express what they are going through

Seldom seek help

Suicidal

None of the above

2. Which of the following do you think a divorced man might lose because he lives in public housing? (can choose more than one)

Custody of his children

Money due to alimony

Place to live

None of the above

3. Who is to be blamed more in a divorce?
Husband   Wife   Both

General Questions

1. Do you think there are sufficient supports for men in Hong Kong?


2. What suggestion(s) will you give for a better policy for men in Hong Kong?

(The collected data will only be used for internal research purposes)










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