Examining the prevalence and impact of adverse childhood experiences and domestic violence in a representative sample of adult women in Hong Kong using a mixed method approach

Project Summary:

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are defined as traumatic events that happen in childhood, which has a long-term impact on domestic violence (DV). It was found that the ACEs among Hong Kong university students were higher than the global standards. Also, research on the impacts of ACEs on DV in non-Western cultural setting is scarce. Therefore, we aim to understand ACEs and DV from a representative sample of adult women in Hong Kong. About the methodology, we aim to randomly recruit 1000 women to participate in a survey via computerassisted telephone interview system and obtain 10 river of life-3D oral histories.

Deliverables:

a literature review or a data analysis report

Preferred discipline(s):

Social Sciences

Project Essential Skills:

• Their passion, curiosity, and sensitivity in this topic.
  
• The skill sets include doing quantitative data analysis (analytical skills; preferably excellent at using STATA or SPSS), doing qualitative data analysis (analytical skills), and doing literature review (reading and writing skills).

Other Selection Criteria (if any):

Language skills, such as speaking Cantonese and Chinese, are bonus.

Details of supervision arrangements:

Students are required to meet their project supervisors at least three times for progress update. The progress meetings are expected to conduct in person.