Papers by Patricia Ang, PhD
Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking
Prevention Science, 2013
The current study examined the impact of the PROSPER delivery system for evidence-based preventio... more The current study examined the impact of the PROSPER delivery system for evidence-based prevention programs on multiple indicators of social capital in a rural and semi-rural community sample. Utilizing a randomized blocked design, 317 individuals in 28 communities across two states were interviewed at three time points over the course of 2.5 years. Bridging, linking, and the public life skills forms of social capital were assessed via community members' and leaders' reports on the perceptions of school functioning and the Cooperative Extension System, collaboration among organizations, communication and collaboration around youth problems, and other measures. Longitudinal mixed model results indicate significant improvements in some aspects of bridging and linking social capital in PROSPER intervention communities. Given the strength of the longitudinal and randomized research design, results advance prevention science by suggesting that community collaborative prevention initiatives can significantly impact community social capital in a rural and semi-rural sample. Future research should further investigate changes in social capital in different contexts and how changes in social capital relate to other intervention effects.
""The current study aims to identify psychosocial risk factors ... more ""The current study aims to identify psychosocial risk factors and protective factors of baby abandonment, an alarmingly increasing problem in Malaysia. A total of 2027 individuals from twenty six higher education institutions (HEIs) across Malaysia completed self-report questionnaires. Risk factors identified include inaccurate knowledge about how pregnancy occurs; inability to think ahead of consequences of sex; favourable attitudes towards pre-marital sex; lack of assertiveness skills to say No to sex, and lack of assertiveness on using a condom/contraceptive if sexually active; unwillingness to use condoms/contraceptives due to embarrassment to purchase it, perception of reduced pleasure and/or partner disapproval; and placing greater importance of one’s future career and marriage prospects over the fate of the baby. Protective factors identified include valuing the importance of marriage; attitudes of responsible parenthood; high future aspirations for family and career; awareness of community resources to manage related problems; parents’ and partner’s emotional support; healthy relationship with one’s own family of origin; tangible support such as money and infant/childcare support; and opportunities available at campus and/or in the community for building self-esteem and character. Action steps recommended include efforts in delaying pre-marital sex, correcting misconceptions about pregnancy, encouraging the importance of marriage, ensuring emotional support from parents and partner, and increasing access to resources within the higher education institution and at the community. ""
Theory Into Practice, 2007
This article discusses three focal areas in promoting positive youth development (PYD) in schools... more This article discusses three focal areas in promoting positive youth development (PYD) in schools: positive people, positive places, and positive opportunities. Given school personnel workload and federal policies that emphasize academic achievement, it remains a goal to focus on holistic adolescent outcomes and school outcomes that increase both adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and societal well-being. Schools need to recognize, engage, and sustain existing and potential resources in their own school environment and surrounding communities, in developing ado
The Journal of Extension, 2008
Abstract: Has the reputation of the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) changed over time as a re... more Abstract: Has the reputation of the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) changed over time as a result of its involvement in PROSPER, a community-based partnership designed to provide evidence-based prevention education programs? With deficits facing federal and state ...
Advancing Innovation and Sustainable Outcomes in International Graduate Education
Covid-19 has created global chaos and change unprecedented in modern history. The reality of emer... more Covid-19 has created global chaos and change unprecedented in modern history. The reality of emerging from safe-houses to discover a planet with vastly different terrain – socially, economically and psychologically is no longer science-fiction. The pandemic has demonstrated the great need for IR4.0 with its technological advances that will mobilize local businesses and global economies. At the heart of both the adoption of advances and the creation of solutions in mitigating global crisis is the heart of the people – both organizational adopters of technology and everyday users. This chapter digs deep into our pain wherein human advances will require changes not only in technology, but in the very people that make up our organizations and economies. Herein, Emotional Intelligence 4.0 brings the combined power of our cognitive and emotional abilities in creating launch-pads with people solutions that hyper-drive us into future frontiers.
International Journal of Green Economics
Susan Weinberger, a developer of more than 400 site-based mentoring programs, provides a good ove... more Susan Weinberger, a developer of more than 400 site-based mentoring programs, provides a good overview of program design and planning, program management, program operations, and evaluation. Schools keen in starting an after-school mentoring program promoting positive youth development will value adhering to elements of effective practices in developing and maintaining a successful program.
This article discusses three focal areas in promoting positive youth development (PYD) in schools... more This article discusses three focal areas in promoting positive youth development (PYD) in schools: positive people, positive places, and positive opportunities. Given school personnel workload and federal policies that emphasize academic achievement, it remains a goal to focus on holistic adolescent outcomes and school outcomes that increase both adolescent psychosocial well-being and societal well-being. Schools need to recognize, engage, and sustain existing and potential resources in their own school environment and surrounding communities, in developing adolescents' competence, confidence, connections, character, caring, and the ability to contribute to society. Key in making PYD successful in schools is to view efforts and outcomes through a system-wide approach and to enter into strategic partnerships with important stakeholders in the community that share a common vision of promoting PYD.
The current study examined the impact of the PROSPER delivery system for evidence-based preventio... more The current study examined the impact of the PROSPER delivery system for evidence-based prevention programs on multiple indicators of social capital in a rural and semi-rural community sample. Utilizing a randomized blocked design, 317 individuals in 28 communities across two states were interviewed at three time points over the course of 2.5 years. Bridging, linking, and the public life skills forms of social capital were assessed via community members’ and leaders’ reports on the perceptions of school functioning and the Cooperative Extension System, collaboration among organizations, communication and collaboration around youth problems, and other measures. Longitudinal mixed model results indicate significant improvements in some aspects of bridging and linking social capital in PROSPER intervention communities. Given the strength of the longitudinal and randomized research design, results advance prevention science by suggesting that community collaborative prevention initiatives can significantly impact community social capital in a rural and semi-rural sample. Future research should further investigate changes in social capital in different contexts and how changes in social capital relate to other intervention effects.
Sustaining Higher Education Policy through Research, 2012
"The current study aims to identify psychosocial risk factors and protective factors of baby aban... more "The current study aims to identify psychosocial risk factors and protective factors of baby abandonment, an alarmingly increasing problem in Malaysia. A total of 2027 individuals from twenty six higher education institutions (HEIs) across Malaysia completed self-report questionnaires.
Risk factors identified include inaccurate knowledge about how pregnancy occurs; inability to think ahead of consequences of sex; favourable attitudes towards pre-marital sex; lack of assertiveness skills to say No to sex, and lack of assertiveness on using a condom/contraceptive if sexually active; unwillingness to use condoms/contraceptives due to embarrassment to purchase it, perception of reduced pleasure and/or partner disapproval; and placing greater importance of one’s future career and marriage prospects over the fate of the baby.
Protective factors identified include valuing the importance of marriage; attitudes of responsible parenthood; high future aspirations for family and career; awareness of community resources to manage related problems; parents’ and partner’s emotional support; healthy relationship with one’s own family of origin; tangible support such as money and infant/childcare support; and opportunities available at campus and/or in the community for building self-esteem and character.
Action steps recommended include efforts in delaying pre-marital sex, correcting misconceptions about pregnancy, encouraging the importance of marriage, ensuring emotional support from parents and partner, and increasing access to resources within the higher education institution and at the community. "
""Banks in their role as financiers and business advisers can strongly impact the economy and the... more ""Banks in their role as financiers and business advisers can strongly impact the economy and the environment. From a triple bottom line perspective, profits and financial success alone are insufficient. Banks are increasingly evaluated on ethical and sustainability performance, and avoidance of environmental damage. This article details our research on the business potential of ethical banking, green banking and green loan initiatives, incorporating both the demand and supply perspectives.
Participants were senior bankers and stakeholders (Study 1), managers of 169 corporations (Study 2), and 203 heads of households (Study 3). Qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized. In-depth interviews with senior bankers and stakeholders revealed primary motivations, drivers of sustainability, conceptualization of green and ethical banking, and challenges faced.
Over 60% of individuals’ and corporate respondents’ banking decisions were influenced by ethical and green banking. Additionally, two in five corporations reported a positive intention to apply for green loans, particularly larger enterprises, multi-national corporations (MNCs), and organizations with existing sustainable practices or policies. For heads of households, the following green banking initiatives were important: online banking, the availability of green car loan packages, and banks’ support of local environmental initiatives and human development projects.
Results reveal a strong demand from both corporations and individuals for ethical banking, green banking, and initiatives such as green loans. Banks can thus create greater public awareness regarding their ethical practices, introduce and promote green banking initiatives, and provide leadership in the area of sustainability. Recommendations are provided on how banks can enhance green loan schemes.
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Has the reputation of the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) changed over time as a result of it... more Has the reputation of the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) changed over time as a result of its involvement in PROSPER, a community-based partnership designed to provide evidence-based prevention education programs? With deficits facing federal and state governments, budget cuts continue to threaten the viability and growth of CES. Moreover, changing legislative priorities make it easy for CES youth and family programs to be forgotten by policy makers. Thus, increasing the positive reputation of CES as an important and effective force in making the lives of youth and families better is essential for growing CES's stakeholder advocate base.
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Risk factors identified include inaccurate knowledge about how pregnancy occurs; inability to think ahead of consequences of sex; favourable attitudes towards pre-marital sex; lack of assertiveness skills to say No to sex, and lack of assertiveness on using a condom/contraceptive if sexually active; unwillingness to use condoms/contraceptives due to embarrassment to purchase it, perception of reduced pleasure and/or partner disapproval; and placing greater importance of one’s future career and marriage prospects over the fate of the baby.
Protective factors identified include valuing the importance of marriage; attitudes of responsible parenthood; high future aspirations for family and career; awareness of community resources to manage related problems; parents’ and partner’s emotional support; healthy relationship with one’s own family of origin; tangible support such as money and infant/childcare support; and opportunities available at campus and/or in the community for building self-esteem and character.
Action steps recommended include efforts in delaying pre-marital sex, correcting misconceptions about pregnancy, encouraging the importance of marriage, ensuring emotional support from parents and partner, and increasing access to resources within the higher education institution and at the community. "
Participants were senior bankers and stakeholders (Study 1), managers of 169 corporations (Study 2), and 203 heads of households (Study 3). Qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized. In-depth interviews with senior bankers and stakeholders revealed primary motivations, drivers of sustainability, conceptualization of green and ethical banking, and challenges faced.
Over 60% of individuals’ and corporate respondents’ banking decisions were influenced by ethical and green banking. Additionally, two in five corporations reported a positive intention to apply for green loans, particularly larger enterprises, multi-national corporations (MNCs), and organizations with existing sustainable practices or policies. For heads of households, the following green banking initiatives were important: online banking, the availability of green car loan packages, and banks’ support of local environmental initiatives and human development projects.
Results reveal a strong demand from both corporations and individuals for ethical banking, green banking, and initiatives such as green loans. Banks can thus create greater public awareness regarding their ethical practices, introduce and promote green banking initiatives, and provide leadership in the area of sustainability. Recommendations are provided on how banks can enhance green loan schemes.
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Conference Presentations by Patricia Ang, PhD
Risk factors identified include inaccurate knowledge about how pregnancy occurs; inability to think ahead of consequences of sex; favourable attitudes towards pre-marital sex; lack of assertiveness skills to say No to sex, and lack of assertiveness on using a condom/contraceptive if sexually active; unwillingness to use condoms/contraceptives due to embarrassment to purchase it, perception of reduced pleasure and/or partner disapproval; and placing greater importance of one’s future career and marriage prospects over the fate of the baby.
Protective factors identified include valuing the importance of marriage; attitudes of responsible parenthood; high future aspirations for family and career; awareness of community resources to manage related problems; parents’ and partner’s emotional support; healthy relationship with one’s own family of origin; tangible support such as money and infant/childcare support; and opportunities available at campus and/or in the community for building self-esteem and character.
Action steps recommended include efforts in delaying pre-marital sex, correcting misconceptions about pregnancy, encouraging the importance of marriage, ensuring emotional support from parents and partner, and increasing access to resources within the higher education institution and at the community. "
Participants were senior bankers and stakeholders (Study 1), managers of 169 corporations (Study 2), and 203 heads of households (Study 3). Qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized. In-depth interviews with senior bankers and stakeholders revealed primary motivations, drivers of sustainability, conceptualization of green and ethical banking, and challenges faced.
Over 60% of individuals’ and corporate respondents’ banking decisions were influenced by ethical and green banking. Additionally, two in five corporations reported a positive intention to apply for green loans, particularly larger enterprises, multi-national corporations (MNCs), and organizations with existing sustainable practices or policies. For heads of households, the following green banking initiatives were important: online banking, the availability of green car loan packages, and banks’ support of local environmental initiatives and human development projects.
Results reveal a strong demand from both corporations and individuals for ethical banking, green banking, and initiatives such as green loans. Banks can thus create greater public awareness regarding their ethical practices, introduce and promote green banking initiatives, and provide leadership in the area of sustainability. Recommendations are provided on how banks can enhance green loan schemes.
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