Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

Daniel T.L. SHEK; Li LIN

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_21

Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

Daniel T.L. SHEK^*, Li LIN

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Utilizing four waves of longitudinal data (N = 3,328 at Wave 1), the present study examined the influence of family attributes (family intactness and economic disadvantage), family functioning, and positive youth development on self-harm and suicidal behavior of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. While 17.1–24.7 % of students had deliberately harmed themselves at least once, there were decreasing trends of deliberate self-harm behavior and suicidal signs over 4 years. For sociodemographic correlates, family intactness but not economic disadvantage was related to initial deliberate self-harm and suicidal behavior. Besides, suicidal behaviors in adolescents from non-intact families decreased faster than those from intact families. At Wave 4, family functioning and positive youth development negatively predicted deliberate self-harm behavior and suicidal behavior. While Wave 1 positive youth development predicted Wave 4 deliberate self-harm without controlling the initial level of deliberated self-harm, Wave 1 family functioning predicted Wave 4 suicidal signs even after controlling the initial level of suicidal signs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research
Editors	Tak Yan LEE, Daniel T.L. SHEK, Rachel C. F. SUN
Publisher	Springer
Pages	275-292
Number of pages	18
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811012693
ISBN (Print)	9789812875815
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_21
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Quality of Life in Asia
Volume	7
ISSN (Print)	2211-0550
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0569

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© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Singapore.

Funding

This work and the Project PATHS are financially supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

Keywords

Deliberate self-harm
Family functioning
Longitudinal study
Positive youth development
Suicidal behavior

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SHEK, D. T. L., & LIN, L. (2015). Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. In T. Y. LEE, D. T. L. SHEK, & R. C. F. SUN (Eds.), Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research (1 ed., pp. 275-292). (Quality of Life in Asia; Vol. 7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_21

SHEK, Daniel T.L. ; LIN, Li. / Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. editor / Tak Yan LEE ; Daniel T.L. SHEK ; Rachel C. F. SUN. 1. ed. Springer, 2015. pp. 275-292 (Quality of Life in Asia).

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SHEK, DTL & LIN, L 2015, Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. in TY LEE, DTL SHEK & RCF SUN (eds), Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. 1 edn, Quality of Life in Asia, vol. 7, Springer, pp. 275-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_21

Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. / SHEK, Daniel T.L.; LIN, Li.
Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. ed. / Tak Yan LEE; Daniel T.L. SHEK; Rachel C. F. SUN. 1. ed. Springer, 2015. p. 275-292 (Quality of Life in Asia; Vol. 7).

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SHEK DTL, LIN L. Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. In LEE TY, SHEK DTL, SUN RCF, editors, Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. 1 ed. Springer. 2015. p. 275-292. (Quality of Life in Asia). doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-582-2_21

Family Attributes, Family Functioning, and Positive Youth Development as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

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