Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/6122
Title: Health compromising behaviors among Chinese adolescents: Role of physical abuse, school experience, and social support
Authors: Prof. TANG So Kum, Catherine 
Wong, Chi-Wai William 
Leung, Phil M. S. 
Chen, Wei-Qing 
Lee, Albert 
Ling, Davina C. 
Issue Date: 2011
Source: Journal of Health Psychology, 2011, vol. 16(3), pp. 457-466.
Journal: Journal of Health Psychology 
Abstract: This study examined the influence of immediate social environment on health compromising behaviors (HCB) among 6564 high school students in China. Results showed that physical abuse by parents was a major risk factor that accounted for high rates of HCB. Perceived positive school experience and social support were protective factors associated with low rates of HCB. These two protective factors also buffered the adverse influence of abuse on the practice of individual HCB. In particular, parental abuse was associated with sexual experimentation, non-fatal self-harm, and suicide behaviors only at low levels of protective factors.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/6122
ISSN: 1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310384297
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