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Title: Positive youth development, life satisfaction, and problem behaviors of adolescents in intact and non-intact families in Hong Kong
Authors: Shek, DTL 
Leung, H 
Issue Date: Aug-2013
Source: Frontiers in pediatrics, 20 Aug. 2013, v. 1, no. AUG, 18, p. 1-4
Abstract: This study investigated whether Chinese adolescents living in intact and non-intact families differed in their positive development, life satisfaction, and risk behavior. A total of 3,328 Secondary 1 students responded to measures of positive youth development (such as resilience and psychosocial competencies), life satisfaction, and risk behavior (substance abuse, delinquency, Internet addiction, consumption of pornographic materials, self-harm, and behavioral intention to engage in problem behavior). Findings revealed that adolescents growing up in intact families reported higher levels of positive developmental outcomes and life satisfaction as compared with adolescents from non-intact families. Adolescents in non-intact families also reported higher levels of risk behaviors than those growing up in intact families.
Keywords: Chinese adolescents
Intact families
Life satisfaction
Non-intact families
Positive youth development
Risk behavior
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Journal: Frontiers in pediatrics 
ISSN: 2296-2360 (print)
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2013.00018
Rights: Copyright © 2013 Shek and Leung . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com-mons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the origi-nal author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this jour-nal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
The following publication Shek DTL and Leung H (2013) Positive youth development, life satisfaction, and problem behaviors of adolescents in intact and non-intact families in Hong Kong. Front. Pediatr. 1:18 is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2013.00018
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