PMID- 35573365
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220519
IS  - 1664-0640 (Print)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2022
TI  - Family Functioning and Adolescent Delinquency in Mainland China: Positive Youth 
      Development Attributes as a Mediator.
PG  - 883439
LID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883439 [doi]
LID - 883439
AB  - According to the positive youth development (PYD) approach, PYD attributes such 
      as psychosocial competencies are developmental assets which can promote the 
      holistic development of adolescents, such as increase in thriving and decrease in 
      risk behavior. Although there are research findings supporting this theoretical 
      proposition, there are several weaknesses in this literature. These include a 
      lack of studies examining family antecedents of PYD attributes and the mediating 
      role of PYD attributes in the relationship between family functioning and 
      adolescent delinquency. There are also few longitudinal studies utilizing large 
      samples and validated measures of family functioning and PYD attributes in the 
      scientific literature. In this study, we examined the predictive effect of family 
      functioning on adolescent delinquency and the mediating role of PYD attributes. 
      Using a short-term longitudinal study in Sichuan, China, we collected two waves 
      of data from 4,981 adolescents aged 11 and above, with 6 months between the two 
      waves. Analyses using structural equation modeling showed that family functioning 
      at Wave 1 negatively predicted the level of and change in delinquent behavior at 
      Wave 2, with PYD attributes at Wave 2 as a mediating factor. The present study 
      enriches the conceptual framework on the role of family functioning and PYD 
      attributes in adolescent delinquent behavior. The findings also suggest that 
      strengthening family functioning and PYD attributes would protect adolescents 
      from engaging in delinquent acts.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Shek, Leung, Dou and Zhu.
FAU - Shek, Daniel T L
AU  - Shek DTL
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Leung, Kim H
AU  - Leung KH
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Dou, Diya
AU  - Dou D
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Zhu, Xiaoqin
AU  - Zhu X
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220428
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychiatry
JT  - Frontiers in psychiatry
JID - 101545006
PMC - PMC9096017
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chinese adolescents
OT  - delinquency
OT  - family functioning
OT  - mediator
OT  - positive youth development
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- 2022/05/17 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/17 06:01
PMCR- 2022/04/28
CRDT- 2022/05/16 04:27
PHST- 2022/02/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/04/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/16 04:27 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/04/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883439 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 28;13:883439. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.883439. 
      eCollection 2022.