scholarly journals A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Consumption of Pornographic Materials in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. S12-S21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T.L. Shek ◽  
Cecilia M.S. Ma
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Chinese Adolescents

A 6-year longitudinal study of social competence amongst Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T.L. Shek ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Lu-Yin Liang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Initial Level ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Relational Quality ◽  
Intact Families

AbstractIn response to the severe lack of longitudinal data on adolescent development, we conducted a 6-year longitudinal study examining the change and psychosocial correlates of social competence in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. During the high school years (Secondary 1 to Secondary 6), participants responded to measures of social competence, socio-demographic characteristics (gender, family intactness and economic disadvantage) and family processes (father-child relational quality, mother-child relational quality and family functioning). Results showed that social competence dropped across the six waves. While gender, father-child subsystem quality, mother-child subsystem quality, and family functioning significantly predicted social competence at the initial level, rate of decrease in social competence was greater for adolescents who came from intact families, had better mother-child subsystem quality, and reported better family functioning. Economic disadvantage was the only factor that did not affect the development of social competence in adolescents.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic and family predictors of moral competence in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: a six-wave longitudinal study

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T.L. Shek ◽  
Jianqiang Liang ◽  
Li Lin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Moral Competence ◽  
Male Adolescents

AbstractThis six-wave longitudinal study in Project P.A.T.H.S. examined the growth trajectories and predictors of moral competence in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Linear mixed models utilizing individual growth curves were used to analyze the initial status and rate of change of moral competence with reference to gender, economic disadvantage, family intactness, family functioning and parent-child subsystem quality. Results showed that adolescent moral competence increased across 6 years. Female adolescents had higher initial levels of moral competence than that of male adolescents. Adolescents from well-functioning families had higher initial levels of moral competence but slower growth of moral competence than did those from families with lower family functioning. Adolescents with higher mother-child subsystem quality had higher initial levels of moral competence but slower growth of moral competence than did those with relatively lower mother-child subsystem quality. Finally, adolescents with higher father-child subsystem quality had higher initial levels of moral competence than those with relatively lower father-child subsystem quality.

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF PEER AND TEACHER INFLUENCES ON PROSOCIAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF HONG KONG CHINESE ADOLESCENTS

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hing Keung Ma ◽  
Daniel T. L. Shek ◽  
Ping Chung Cheung ◽  
Ka Keung Tam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Teacher Influence ◽  
High Level

The influences of peers and teachers on the prosocial and antisocial behavior of 56 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents were investigated over a two-year period (Time 1 and Time 2). Results indicated that (i) a significant decrease in teacher influence occurred from Time 1 to Time 2 in subjects studying Grade 7 at Time 1; (ii) students who maintained a relatively high level of delinquent behavior from Time 1 to Time 2 demonstrated significantly higher peer influence than did those who maintained a relatively low level of delinquent behavior in the time interval; (iii) concurrent positive correlation was found between peer influence and delinquent behavior at Time 1 and Time 2; (iv) delinquent behavior at Time 1 was negatively correlated with teacher influence at Time 1; and (v) peer influence was negatively correlated with teacher influence at Time 1.

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