Ecological Influences on Chinese Adolescents' Problem Behaviors

A Multilevel Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2347762
AutoresCixin Wang (0000-0002-4947-0228, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, autor de correspondencia), Kieu Anh Do (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA), Kieu Anh (0000-0002-0958-3148, University of Maryland, College Park), Leiping Bao (0009-0001-3940-4956, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China), Yan Xia (0000-0002-4648-2012, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Yan R Xia (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, NE, USA), Chaorong Wu (0000-0002-1569-0978, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA), Lauren Couch (University of California, Riverside, CA, USA)
Año2018
Volumen39
Número9
Páginas2545-2571
Fecha de publicación2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x18757828
OpenAlexW2789315460
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas63

This study investigated the effects of individuals, school, and familial protective and risk factors and their interactions on adolescent problem behaviors using a stratified random sample of 2,864 (51.5% female) students from 55 classrooms in 13 schools in Shanghai, China ( Mage = 15.52 years, SD = 1.62). Results from the multilevel analyses indicate that being male, having high parent-adolescent conflict, high independent self-construal, low conformity, low grade rank, and low classroom-level and individual-level school adjustment predicted problem behaviors. Adolescent independent self-construal also interacted with parental autonomy granting to predict vandalism. For adolescents with low or moderate levels of independent self-construal, autonomy granting predicted lower odds of vandalism, but for adolescents with high levels of independent self-construal, parental autonomy granting predicted higher odds of vandalism. The findings highlight the complex effects of parenting and independent/interdependent self-construals on adolescent problem behaviors in China

Autonomy · China · Conformity · Developmental psychology · Geography · Logistic regression · Multilevel model · Odds · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology