doi:10.1100/2012/528483 The cientificWorldJOURNAL Research Article Qualitative Evaluation of Project P.A.T.H.S.: An Integration of Findings Based on Program Participants

Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. An integration of the qualitative evaluation findings collected in different cohorts of students who participated in Project P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) (n = 252 students in 29 focus groups) was carried out. With specific focus on how the informants described the program, results showed that the descriptions were mainly positive in nature, suggesting that the program was well received by the program participants. When the informants were invited to name three meta-phors that could stand for the program, positive metaphors were commonly used. Beneficial effects of the program in different psy-chosocial domains were also voiced by the program participants. The qualitative findings integrated in this paper provide further support for the effectiveness of the Tier 1 Program of Project P.A.T.H.S. in promoting holistic development in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. 1