Family Dynamic and Antisocial Adolescents in Macau
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Family Dynamic and Antisocial Adolescents in Macau Andrew Yiu Tsang Low1 · T. W. Lo1 · Christopher Hon Kwong Cheng1
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Abstract Background The present study aims to delineate the effects of family violence and parent– adolescent conflict on antisocial behavior exhibited by adolescents in the Chinese casino city of Macau. The social interaction perspective indicates the significance of coercive family processes in relation to adolescents’ antisocial behavior, and the related moderating role of positive parenting behavior. How this process is experienced by Chinese Macau adolescents, who are influenced by traditional Chinese culture, is explored. Objectives This article examines the relationship of family violence and parent–adolescent conflict with adolescents’ antisocial behavior in Macau. It also examines the possible moderating role of parental support in this relationship. Method Using a stratified proportional approach, a random sample of 1889 Grade 7 to Grade 12 students was taken from Macau high schools. The young people reported their neutral/positive behavior and delinquent behavior, family conflict, and emotional and instrumental support they received from parents. Results Multiple regression analyses suggest that family violence and parent–adolescent conflict are correlated with adolescent antisocial behavior. Moreover, both instrumental and emotional support from parents can moderate the effect of family conflict on adolescents’ antisocial behavior. Conclusions Parents providing instrumental and emotional support to Macau Chinese adolescents is negatively correlated with adolescent antisocial behavior in Macau. In view of the long and unstable working hours of parents working in a gambling city, social workers in Macau could develop more innovative programs to support parents in Macau. Keywords Family conflict · Parental support · Delinquency · Antisocial behavior · Macau
* Andrew Yiu Tsang Low [email protected] T. W. Lo [email protected] Christopher Hon Kwong Cheng [email protected] 1
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Introduction Adolescent’s antisocial behavior is a major concern of researchers worldwide. Research has indicated the effects of antisocial behavior in adolescents on future development into criminal activity (Sampson and Laub 1992) and adult antisocial personality disorder (Farrington 2005). Personality of adolescents, low parental monitoring (Bacchini et al. 2011), and adolescent’s affiliation with deviant peers (Granic and Dishion 2003) are common risk factors that predict adolescents’ antisocial behavior. Based on the social interactional perspective (Dishion et al. 1995) and ecological perspective (Bronfenbrenner 1986), many studies have focused on the relationship between coercive family processes and adolescents’ antisocial behavior in western societies (Patt
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