Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Substance Abuse in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Shek, Daniel T. L.; Liang, Jianqiang

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_19

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“…In contrast to other studies (Brown et al, 2012;Hessler & Katz, 2010;Wills et al, 2016), this study showed that the inability to regulate sadness and anger did not directly influence health risk behaviours, possibly due to the reason that health risk behaviours in adolescents are influenced by a complex system of factors, such as mental health problems, attachment style, economic disadvantage, unhealthy family functioning, parental substance abuse and peer influence (Feeney, Peterson, Gallois, & Terry, 2000;Pumariega, Burakgazi, Unlu, Prajapati, & Dalkilic, 2014;Shek & Liang, 2015;Spijkerman, Van den Eijnden, Overbeek, & Engels, 2007). An important finding in our study is that emotion dysregulation moderated the relationship between violence exposure and health risk behaviours in girls.…”

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Exposure to violence across multiple contexts and health risk behaviours in South African adolescents: the moderating role of emotion dysregulation

Sui

Massar

Kessels

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Psychology & Health

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Objective: The association between violence exposure and health risk behaviours in South African adolescents, and the moderating role of emotion dysregulation were investigated. Design: A multiethnic sample of adolescents (N ¼ 925: boy: 47.3%, girl: 52.7%, M age ¼ 16 years, SD ¼ 1.54) completed a survey. Main outcome measures: Violence exposure across different contexts (home-, school-, community-, political victimisation), emotion dysregulation (inability to regulate sadness and anger) and a composite measure of health risk behaviours (smoking, substance use, risky sexual behaviour) were examined. Results: Boys reported more risk behaviours than girls, t (844) ¼ 5.25, p < 0.001. Direct community victimisation was a predictor for boys' risk behaviours, B ¼ 0.22, p < 0.001. Indirect school victimisation and direct community victimisation were predictors for girls' risk behaviours, B's ¼ 0.19, p's < 0.01. Girls reported higher emotion dysregulation than boys, t (748) ¼ À2.95, p < 0.01. Only for girls, emotion dysregulation moderated the associations of indirect home victimisation, B ¼ 16, p < 0.01, and direct community victimisation, B ¼ 15, p < 0.05, with risk behaviours. Conclusion: Interventions may target emotion regulation skills, particularly for girls, to enhance resilience to the negative effects of violence on behaviours.

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Exposure to violence across multiple contexts and health risk behaviours in South African adolescents: the moderating role of emotion dysregulation

Sui

Massar

Kessels

et al. 2019

Psychology & Health

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“…In contrast to other studies (Brown et al, 2012;Hessler & Katz, 2010;Wills et al, 2016), the current study showed that the inability to regulate sadness and anger did not directly influence health risk behaviours, possibly due to the reason that health risk behaviours in adolescents are influenced by a complex system of factors, such as mental health problems, attachment style, economic disadvantage, unhealthy family functioning, parental substance abuse, and peer influence (Feeney, Peterson, Gallois, & Terry, 2000;Shek & Liang, 2015;Spijkerman, Van den Eijnden, Overbeek, & Engels, 2007;Pumariega, Burakgazi, Unlu, Prajapati, & Dalkilic, 2014). An important finding in our study is that emotion dysregulation moderated the relationship between violence exposure and health risk behaviours in girls.…”

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Violence in South African adolescents

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“…school or community) it is implemented. As the increase in adolescents' PYD qualities would promote adaptability and well-being as well as reduce adolescent problem behaviors [9,45,46], the Project P.A.T.H.S. with an objective to promote adolescents' PYD competencies is regarded as a timely and effective means of minimizing negative influences of high academic pressure and extensive developmental challenges on Hong Kong adolescents.…”

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Evaluation of a community-based positive youth development program in Hong Kong: views of program implementers

Shek

M.S.

Zhu

2017

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

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Using a subjective outcome evaluation method, the current study investigated program implementers’ perceptions of the Tier 1 Program of the community-based P.A.T.H.S. Project in Hong Kong. After completion of the program, 599 program implementers completed a valid and reliable scale (i.e. Form B) to give their ratings on program content, their own performance, and perceived program effectiveness. As expected, most program implementers perceived the program in a favorable way by giving very positive ratings on the three aspects measured in Form B. Grade differences on the ratings were observed, with implementers teaching the senior curriculum held more positive views on program effectiveness than did those teaching the junior curriculum. Similar to previous findings, perceived program content and perceived worker performance predicted program effectiveness. Findings of the present study provide further evidence for the success of the Tier 1 Program of the community-based P.A.T.H.S. Project in Hong Kong.

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Risk Factors and Protective Factors in Substance Abuse in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Cited by 5 publications

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Exposure to violence across multiple contexts and health risk behaviours in South African adolescents: the moderating role of emotion dysregulation

Exposure to violence across multiple contexts and health risk behaviours in South African adolescents: the moderating role of emotion dysregulation

Violence in South African adolescents

Evaluation of a community-based positive youth development program in Hong Kong: views of program implementers

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