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Psychosocial factors associated with cross-border deviance of Hong Kong marginal youths
Date Issued
2004
Conference
Citation
Tang, S. K., Cheung, Y. W., & Lee, W. L. (8-13 Aug 2004). Psychosocial factors associated with cross-border deviance of Hong Kong marginal youths. 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Five-hundred marginal adolescents in Hong Kong were individually interviewed to determine factors associated with their cross-border deviance. Results showed that 52% of the participants used illicit drugs and 14% engaged in commercial sex when they traveled across the border to Shenzhen. Lower cost was cited as the major pull factor. Psychosocial factors related to these cross-border deviance included: need for excitement, susceptibility to peer pressure, association with drug-using peers, educational disadvantage, trouble with the law, and presence of deviant behaviors in Hong Kong. Participants also indicated that engagement in cross-border deviance did not decrease similar deviant behaviors in Hong Kong.
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