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.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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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