西方文獻顯示家庭健康與個人身心健康是互相影響的，但本地研究在這方面的資料卻嚴重不足。有見及此，本文利用一項電話調查數據，探討香港華人家庭健康狀況及不同家庭資源的運用，了解不同家庭資源運用與個人身心健康的關係，分辨那些家庭有較高或較低的家庭健康水平，以及建立一套香港家庭健康的指標。我們發現，很多香港家庭在面對危機時，家人都能互相扶持；他們也可以互相信賴和接納對方，發揮家庭的功能。然而，約四成的受訪者在遇到憂傷的事情時，家庭成員不容易互相表達個人的擔憂和感受。在個別家庭資源上，不論是與家人相聚的時間、理財效能和家庭功能三方面，單親家庭和獨居者都較核心和垂直擴大式家庭少或差，低收入家庭在不同家庭資源上，較高家庭收入的家庭少或差。除了不如意事故外，家庭健康各指標與個人身心健康有著正面的關係，而歸分析結果亦顯示，應付生活能力、社會資本（人際和環境）、學歷和家人相聚都是影響個人身心健康的主要變項。這些結果應可為特區政府在制訂強化家庭功能政策時提供有用的指引和方向。

Family Health of Hong Kong Chinese Families and the Link to Individual Well-being

Despite the fact that the link between family health and individual well-being has been demonstrated by studies conducted in the West, there is a dearth of local studies in this area. Based on the results of a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted in 2006, this paper aims to shed light on the family health of Hong Kong Chinese families and the link to individual well-being. The survey findings show that in the face of distress and crisis, the majority of the respondents perceived members of their families as being capable of providing mutual help and support, indicating that these families were functioning well. However, over 40% of the respondents chose not to share their feelings of sadness and worry with their families. The efficient use of different family resources was found to reflect family health. Nevertheless, family structure and family income acted as mediating factors. In comparison with nuclear families and extended families, single-parent families and lone families reported lower mean scores on the amount of time family members spend together, efficacy in financial management, and perceived general family functioning. Low-income families tended to have significantly less family resources than high-income families. With the exception of negative life events, the different indicators of family health had a positive association with personal physical and psychological well-being. A regression analysis showed that coping efficacy, social capital (both interpersonal and environmental), educational attainment, and amount of family time accounted for a significant variance in personal physical and psychological well-being. All of these findings are an important reference for the Hong Kong SAR government in designing and developing policy measures to strengthen the functioning of Chinese families in Hong Kong.