PMID- 33816410 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230919 IS - 2296-2360 (Print) IS - 2296-2360 (Electronic) IS - 2296-2360 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2021 TI - Positive Youth Development Attributes and Parenting as Protective Factors Against Adolescent Social Networking Addiction in Hong Kong. PG - 649232 LID - 10.3389/fped.2021.649232 [doi] LID - 649232 AB - This study examined the predictive effects of 15 positive youth development (PYD) attributes and parenting behavior on adolescent social networking addiction (SNA) in a representative sample of Hong Kong students. In total, 1,896 Hong Kong Secondary 1 students from 20 randomly selected schools (age = 13.19 +/- 0.52 years) completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), the Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale, and the Chinese Parenting Behavior Scale. Of the participants, 11.4% could be classified as being addicted to Social Networking Sites (SNSs). Regression analyses showed that students' emotional competence (beta = -0.09; p < 0.01), behavioral competence (beta = -0.12; p < 0.001), beliefs in the future (beta = -0.10; p < 0.01), and spirituality (beta = -0.08; p < 0.01) were negatively associated with SNA, while social competence (beta = 0.07; p < 0.05) and positive identity (beta = 0.13; p < 0.001) were positively related to SNA. Paternal and maternal responsiveness showed indirect effects on students' SNA through the full mediation of PYD attributes. Specific PYD attributes and positive parenting behavior may serve as important protective factors against the development of SNA among Hong Kong adolescents. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Yu and Shek. FAU - Yu, Lu AU - Yu L AD - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong. FAU - Shek, Daniel Tan Lei AU - Shek DTL AD - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210318 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pediatr JT - Frontiers in pediatrics JID - 101615492 PMC - PMC8012543 OTO - NOTNLM OT - middle school OT - networks OT - parenting OT - positive youth development OT - problem/risky/antisocial behaviors OT - public health COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/06 06:01 PMCR- 2021/03/18 CRDT- 2021/04/05 06:09 PHST- 2021/01/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/05 06:09 [entrez] PHST- 2021/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fped.2021.649232 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pediatr. 2021 Mar 18;9:649232. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.649232. eCollection 2021.