PMID- 29168963 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200527 IS - 2191-0278 (Electronic) IS - 0334-0139 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Nov 23 TI - A comparison of positive youth development against depression and suicidal ideation in youth from Hong Kong and the Netherlands. LID - /j/ijamh.2020.32.issue-2/ijamh-2017-0105/ijamh-2017-0105.xml [pii] LID - 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0105 [doi] AB - Background This study tests the buffering effects of positive youth development (PYD) factors against depression and suicidal ideation across Hong Kong and Dutch students. Methods We collected data on depression, suicidal ideation, history of childhood maltreatment, and PYD from 565 Dutch and Hong Kong undergraduates. The three PYD factors, prosocial attributes, positive identity, and cognitive-behavioral competence, were examined for their moderating role in the relationship among childhood maltreatment, depression, and suicidal ideation in path analysis. Results Direct protective effects are found for all PYD factors in both cultures, except for cognitive-behavioral competence in the Dutch sample. A buffering effect of the PYD factors is observed in the maltreatment-depression relationship in Dutch, but not in Hong Kong students. Only behavioral competence buffers against suicidal ideation in Dutch students, while other PYD factors show no buffering effect in both groups of participants. Conclusion The differences in relationships between two samples highlights the need to consider cultural differences. FAU - Leung, Cyrus L K AU - Leung CLK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1998-5316 AD - Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. FAU - Bender, Michael AU - Bender M AD - Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. AD - School of Psychology, Gratia Christian College, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. FAU - Kwok, Sylvia Y C L AU - Kwok SYCL AD - Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171123 PL - Germany TA - Int J Adolesc Med Health JT - International journal of adolescent medicine and health JID - 8506960 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - buffering effect OT - childhood maltreatment OT - depression OT - positive youth development OT - suicidal ideation EDAT- 2017/11/24 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/24 06:01 CRDT- 2017/11/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2017-0105/ijamh-2017-0105.xml [pii] AID - 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0105 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2017 Nov 23;32(2):/j/ijamh.2020.32.issue-2/ijamh-2017-0105/ijamh-2017-0105.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0105.