Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong Family Life, Psychological Well-Being and Risk Behavior /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shek, Daniel T.L (Editor), Sun, Rachel C. F. (Editor), Ma, Cecilia M.S (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Quality of Life in Asia, 5
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Family.

This book documents the findings of a 3-year longitudinal study on the quality of family life, personal well-being and risk behavior in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. It presents the profiles of quality of family life (family functioning, parental behavioral control, parental psychological contro...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Family Quality of Life, Personal Well-Being, and Risk Behavior in Early Adolescents in Hong Kong: Related Phenomena and Research Gaps
• Chapter 2: A Longitudinal Study of the Personal Well-Being and Family Quality of Life among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
• Chapter 3: Positive Youth Development in Junior Secondary School Students: Do gender and time matter?
• Chapter 4: Parental Behavioral Control, Parental Psychological Control and Parent-Child Relational Qualities: Relationships to Chinese Adolescent Risk Behavior
• Chapter 5: Perceived Family Quality of Life, School Competence and Academic Adjustment amongst Early Adolescents in Hong Kong
• Chapter 6: Subjective Well-being of Early Adolescents in Hong Kong
• Chapter 7: Development of Delinquent Behavior in Early Adolescents in Hong Kong
• Chapter 8: Substance Abuse in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong
• Chapter 9: A Longitudinal Study on Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents
• Chapter 10: Compensated Dating and Juvenile Prostitution in Early Adolescents in Hong Kong
• Chapter 11: Intention to Gamble Amongst Junior Secondary School Students In Hong Kong: Changes and Predictors
• Chapter 12: Promotion of Positive Youth Development and Family Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents.