Healing Self and Others Amid the Hong Kong Crisis: Mental First Aid to Foster Resilience and Mental Well-Being

Professor Cheng, Cecilia   (Principal Investigator (PI))

Dr Lo Chuen-yee Barbara   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Wong Kin-fai Ellick   (Co-Investigator)

Dr Chan Wai Sze   (Co-Investigator)

Ms Yip Choi-fung Koala   (Co-Investigator)

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2020-03-17

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Healing Self and Others Amid the Hong Kong Crisis: Mental First Aid to Foster Resilience and Mental Well-Being

Emotional well-being, Mental health enhancement, Psychological crisis management, Psychological resilience, Stress and coping

Others - relating to Social Sciences

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

SR2020.A8.019

Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

2020

Completed

Hong Kong society has been rocked by the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti-ELAB) movement since June 2019. The overarching aims of the proposed project are to (a) unveil the psychological mechanisms that foster resilience to this unprecedented social incident, and (b) launch a new support platform—Mind Soul Fueling Station (心靈加油駅)—to bolster resilience and mental well-being in the general public, young people in particular. The specific aims of the project are threefold. First, Study 1 aims to examine the mechanisms hypothesized to promote resilience to societal turmoil. Second, Study 2 seeks to verify the proposed model with resilient copers identified during an earlier phase of the Anti-ELAB movement. Third, grounded in these findings, Study 3 aims to design and evaluate an evidence-based platform for delivering mental first aid to Hong Kong residents.