Adolescent Misconduct Behaviors

Tisak, Marie S.; Tisak, John; Chen, Yiwei; Fang, Qijuan; Baker, Erin Ruth

doi:10.1177/0022022116681844

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“…In accordance with prior research on children’s and adolescents’ moral and social transgressions, adolescents reported transgression events that involved conventional, moral, personal, and mixed domain considerations (Nucci, 2014; Smetana, 1995, 2011; Smetana et al, 2014; Turiel, 1983). As found in prior research (Tisak et al, 2017), Chinese adolescents reported conventional violations as the most frequent transgressive event (23.6%), occurring more frequently than moral transgressions (14.4%). Moreover, in their reasoning about conventional events, participants not only referred to concerns for punishment and following rules but also referenced their duty as a student and concern for the social effects of not following the rules, such as losing face.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…In the course of their everyday lives, children and adolescents will occasionally engage in behaviors that cause harm to others (Recchia & Wainryb, 2014), violate social rules or authority expectations (Hardecker et al, 2016; Tisak et al, 2017), may harm themselves (Kobus, 2015; Nucci et al, 1991), or be contrary to their personal desires (Nucci, 1981). Children and adolescents may respond to their own wrongdoings, also known as a transgressor’s reaction (Nucci & Nucci, 1982a), in a variety of different ways.…”

Section: Children’s and Adolescents’ Transgressive Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Chinese Youth’s Reported Social and Moral Transgressions and Strategies for Self-Correction

Liu

Midgette

2020

Journal of Adolescent Research

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The aim of this study was to explore Chinese adolescent’s social and moral transgressions and strategies for self-correction. For this study, following protocols that have been approved by an Institutional Review Board, 61 Chinese adolescents living in Guangzhou—distributed across three age groups: 10- to 11-year-olds ( N = 21, Mage = 11.03 years, SD = 0.43 years), 12- to 13-year-olds ( N = 20, Mage = 12.92 years, SD = 0.35 years), and 15- to 16-year-olds ( N = 20, Mage = 16.15 years, SD = 0.30 years)—participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. The study employed a deductive analytical approach based on prior social domain research on children’s and adolescents’ transgressions and strategies for self-correction. This study found that Chinese youth reported conventional transgression events more frequently than any other domain. Moreover, many of adolescents’ transgressions involved academic considerations, suggesting that how adolescents’ time is organized and the social expectations for adolescent behavior influence the types of transgressions and justifications adolescents will make. Furthermore, participants reported developing self-correcting strategies following 73.6% of events, while 74.5% of strategies were reported to be developed by the adolescents themselves. Therefore, the findings suggest that there is room for adults to collaborate with adolescents in developing strategies to prevent future misbehavior and to encourage youth to not only be “good” or “moral” but also to be and do better.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Children’s and Adolescents’ Transgressive Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese Youth’s Reported Social and Moral Transgressions and Strategies for Self-Correction

Liu

Midgette

2020

Journal of Adolescent Research

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“…This might be valid as the present study found the high occurrences of those “ safe ” misconducts such as cheating and speaking foul language. However, such a mechanism may not work for the problem behavioral intention assessed in the present study, as this indicator included activities that are not “ safe ,” such as drinking and drug abuse, which may cause severe damage to one’s health and may be perceived as seriously wrong by the Chinese adolescents ( Tisak et al, 2017 ). Instead, the negative relationship between moral competence and the linear change rate of the problem behavioral intention echoes the common PYD reasoning that better development of personal assets builds a constructive groundwork for adolescent behavioral adjustment ( Lerner et al, 2013 ; Shek and Leung, 2013 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, most of the existing studies are based on cross-sectional data obtained in the Western societies. Although common psychosocial correlates (e.g., self-control) were found for delinquency in the Western and Chinese cultures ( Chui and Chan, 2016 ), cultural differences were also observed with respect to adolescent perceptions and evaluations of delinquent behaviors ( Tisak et al, 2017 ). Therefore, much remains unknown regarding the effect of a single developmental asset on adolescent externalizing problems in the Chinese societies.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Reported Risk and Delinquent Behavior and Problem Behavioral Intention in Hong Kong Adolescents: The Role of Moral Competence and Spirituality

Shek

Zhu

2018

Front. Psychol.

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Based on the six-wave data collected from Grade 7 to Grade 12 students (N = 3,328 at Wave 1), this pioneer study examined the development of problem behaviors (risk and delinquent behavior and problem behavioral intention) and the predictors (moral competence and spirituality) among adolescents in Hong Kong. Individual growth curve models revealed that while risk and delinquent behavior accelerated and then slowed down in the high school years, adolescent problem behavioral intention slightly accelerated over time. After controlling the background socio-demographic factors, moral competence and spirituality were negatively associated with risk and delinquent behavior as well as problem behavioral intention across all waves as predicted. Regarding the rate of change in the outcome measures, while the initial level of spirituality was positively linked to the growth rate of risk and delinquent behavior, the initial level of moral competence was negatively associated with the growth rate of problem behavioral intention. The theoretical and practical implications of the present findings are discussed with reference to the role of moral competence and spirituality in the development of adolescent problem behavior.

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“…Although the associations of substance use behaviors with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among adolescents have been well-established, current knowledge surrounding these associations is mostly derived from Western countries ( 13 , 14 ), with only a few studies undertaken in Chinese adolescents ( 6 , 15 ). However, it is considered that the variety of cultural contexts, healthcare systems, and public health policies in different regions ( 16 ), there is little research on comparing the associations between adolescents from two different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It is reported that the United States focuses on individualism; China's ideology emphasizes collectivism at the same time ( 17 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Associations of Substance Use Behaviors With Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among US and Chinese Adolescents

Guo

Wang

et al. 2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Background: Adolescence has been described as a period of increased health risk-taking behaviors. Given the variety of cultural contexts, healthcare systems, and public health policies in different regions, the present study aimed to determine whether there are similar or different associations of substance use behaviors with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among US and Chinese adolescents.Methods: This study included a total of 14,765 US adolescents from the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) and 24,345 Chinese adolescents from the 2017 School-based Chinese Adolescents Health Survey (SCAHS).Results: The proportions of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were 17.4 and 5.7% among US adolescents, which were higher than those among Chinese adolescents (suicidal ideation: 13.7% and suicide attempts: 2.7%). Among Chinese adolescents, the most common substance use behavior was “alcohol use (55.4%),” followed by “cigarette use (11.6%).” Among US adolescents, the most popular substance was alcohol (ever used: 55.9%), followed by marijuana (ever used: 34.6%). Moreover, alcohol use was significantly related to suicidal ideation/suicide attempts only in Chinese adolescents [suicidal ideation: Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.88, 95% CI = 1.71~2.06; suicide attempts: AOR = 2.12, 95% CI = 1.71~2.63], and marijuana use was associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts only in the US adolescent group (suicidal ideation: AOR = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.06~1.44; suicide attempts: AOR = 1.51, 95% CI = 1.21~1.87). Moreover, although the associations of prescription pain medication use with suicide attempts were significant in both Chinese and US adolescent groups, the adjusted associations were stronger in Chinese adolescents than in US adolescents (Chinese adolescents: AOR = 3.97, 95% CI = 2.76~5.72; US adolescents: AOR = 1.76, 95% CI = 1.43~2.16; P < 0.05).Conclusions: The associations of alcohol use with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were only significant in Chinese adolescents. Marijuana use was associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts only in the US adolescent group. Although the associations of prescription pain medication use with suicide attempts were significant in both Chinese and US adolescent groups, the adjusted associations were significantly stronger for Chinese adolescents. These findings might be related to the differences in cultural contexts, healthcare systems, and public health policies in the two different countries.

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Adolescent Misconduct Behaviors

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Chinese Youth’s Reported Social and Moral Transgressions and Strategies for Self-Correction

Chinese Youth’s Reported Social and Moral Transgressions and Strategies for Self-Correction

Self-Reported Risk and Delinquent Behavior and Problem Behavioral Intention in Hong Kong Adolescents: The Role of Moral Competence and Spirituality

Associations of Substance Use Behaviors With Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among US and Chinese Adolescents

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