Routledge Studies in Asian Behavioural Sciences
About the Book Series
The book series examines and explores the experiences of Asian populations living in Asia as well as in international communities. It breaks new ground in behavioural research by considering issues in an Asian or cross-cultural perspective. What is unique about the series is its unprecedented exploration and examination of behavioural issues confronting Asian populations or problems occurring in Asian communities. This series is a convenient venue and respectable choice for scholars who want to publish their exceptional Asian research to a global audience. It provides the international community with access to valuable academic resources of Asian scholars and is an important arena for mutual exchange and sharing between Asian universities and academic institutions in other parts of the world.
It provides a meaningful platform for a diverse and rich community of local and international scholars on a range of academic disciplines, such as social work, psychology, psychotherapy, counseling and expressive art, to engage in fruitful exchange of knowledge and dialog to understand complex and diverse behavioural issues that cross cultures and continents. Due to the wide scope of this book series, it is possible for potential authors to integrate various aspects of behavioural sciences into one book, or compare similar problems in different Asian communities, thus highlighting its inter-disciplinary or comparative nature.
Thriving Workplaces: Bridging Mental Health Research and Practice
1st Edition
By Zoë Fortune, Olga Zayts-Spence
January 22, 2026
This book brings together several prominent areas of concern for both the academic and the workplace practitioner to understand mental health in the Asian workplace. Drawing on the authors’ unique combined expertise in workplace psychology and sociolinguistics, the book presents a comprehensive ...
Crime, Punishment, and the Elderly: Japan and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Yoko Hosoi, Bunri Tatsuno, John Pratt
June 27, 2025
Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives. Japan’s aging population is a commonly known issue globally, and the world looks to Japan to understand the issues that other nations may ...
Cyber and Face-to-Face Aggression and Bullying among Children and Adolescents: New Perspectives, Prevention and Intervention in Schools
1st Edition
Edited
By Annis Lai Chu Fung
March 05, 2024
The shift from face-to-face communication since the start of the global pandemic has resulted in more conflicts among children and adolescents on social media, and aggressive and bullying behaviour becoming more severe on online platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, WhatsApp, and Signal...
Happiness and Well-Being in Chinese Societies: Sociocultural Analyses
1st Edition
By Chau-kiu Cheung, Xiaodong Yue
September 26, 2022
This book addresses the sustainability of happiness and well-being in Chinese societies. It starts by introducing the various conceptions of well-being, particularly in the Chinese sociocultural context. The book then proceeds with the examination of the sustainability of well-being by ...
Psychology in Southeast Asia: Sociocultural, Clinical, and Health Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Grant Rich, Jas Laile Jaafar, David Barron
February 01, 2022
Despite diverse, rich cultural traditions and abundant economic opportunity, there has been a paucity of research on psychology in Southeast Asia. This book aims to fill that gap, with a series of well-written theoretical and empirical chapters by PhD psychologists in SE Asia along with respected ...
Grief, Bereavement and Meaning Making in Older People: Views from Rural China
1st Edition
By Haimin Pan
September 30, 2021
Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse. This book offers updated views from incorporating meaning making theory and ...
Creativity in Chinese Contexts: Sociocultural and Dispositional Analyses
1st Edition
By Chau-kiu Cheung, Xiaodong Yue
June 30, 2021
Examining creativity in Chinese societies from both a personal and contextual standpoint, this ground-breaking book offers readers a unique insight into the Chinese mind. It provides a review of the nature, origins, and consequences of creativity, deriving from empirical evidence in the Chinese ...
Understanding Crime in Villages-in-the-City in China: A Social and Behavioral Approach
1st Edition
By Zhanguo Liu, T. Wing Lo
June 30, 2021
Rapid urbanization of economic zones in China has resulted in a special social phenomenon: "villages-in-the-city." Underdeveloped villages are absorbed during the expansion of urban areas, while retaining their rustic characteristics. Due to the rural characteristics of these areas, social security...
A Comparison of Eastern and Western Parenting: Programmes, Policies and Approaches
1st Edition
By Low Yiu Tsang Andrew
September 30, 2020
Parenting adolescents is a challenging task for parents. Professionals offer a range of support and parenting programmes to support parents. However, the importance of culturally adapting parenting programmes to benefit parents and their adolescent children hasn’t always been understood. This book ...
Idol Worship in Chinese Society: A Psychological Approach
1st Edition
By Xiaodong Yue, Chau-kiu Cheung
June 30, 2020
This book introduces psychosocial studies of idol worship in Chinese societies. It reviews how idol worship is perceived in Chinese culture, history, and philosophy as well as how it differs from the concept of celebrity worship that is more dominant in Western literature. Using a pioneering ...
Empowering Asian Youth through Volunteering: Examples of Theory into Practice
1st Edition
By Elaine Suk Ching Liu
September 02, 2019
This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empowering through volunteerism (namely, the CYEP at City University), that involves youth, governmental and non-governmental agencies and their ...
Humor and Chinese Culture: A Psychological Perspective
1st Edition
By Xiaodong Yue
March 22, 2019
This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history, and how it is perceived by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism respectively. It then compares differences in the Western and the Chinese perceptions ...