IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/cysrev/v119y2020ics0190740920320545.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Negative parenting and risk-taking behaviors in Chinese adolescents: Testing a sequential mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study

Author

Listed:
  • Dou, Kai
  • Lin, Xiao-Qi
  • Wang, Yu-Jie

Abstract

Negative parenting is an established predictor of youth risk-taking behaviors, but little is known about the mechanism of this influence. Based on ecological systems theory, this study elucidated the roles of life satisfaction and deviant peer affiliation as sequential mediators of the link between negative parenting and risk-taking behaviors in a sample of 535 Chinese adolescents (47.5% female; Mage at Wave 1 = 15.37 years). The results of a three-wave longitudinal study were analyzed via structural equation modeling. Higher negative parenting was associated with more deviant peer affiliation and risk-taking behaviors and lower satisfaction with life. Furthermore, more deviant peer affiliation was associated with more risk-taking behaviors, but life satisfaction was not associated with risk-taking behaviors. The relationship between negative parenting and risk-taking behaviors was mediated by deviant peer affiliation and was sequentially mediated by life satisfaction and deviant peer affiliation. These findings help clarify the mechanisms underlying the association between parenting and risk-taking behaviors in Chinese adolescents. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Dou, Kai & Lin, Xiao-Qi & Wang, Yu-Jie, 2020. "Negative parenting and risk-taking behaviors in Chinese adolescents: Testing a sequential mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:119:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920320545
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105631
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740920320545
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105631?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Rachel Sun & Daniel Shek, 2010. "Life Satisfaction, Positive Youth Development, and Problem Behaviour Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 95(3), pages 455-474, February.
    2. Stefano Tartaglia & Anna Miglietta & Silvia Gattino, 2017. "Life Satisfaction and Cannabis Use: A Study on Young Adults," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 709-718, June.
    3. Potter, Marina Haddock & Font, Sarah A., 2019. "Parenting influences on adolescent sexual risk-taking: Differences by child welfare placement status," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 134-144.
    4. Stefano Tartaglia & Silvia Gattino & Angela Fedi, 2018. "Life Satisfaction and Alcohol Consumption Among Young Adults at Social Gatherings," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(7), pages 2023-2034, October.
    5. Lee, Jungup & Randolph, Karen A., 2015. "Effects of parental monitoring on aggressive behavior among youth in the United States and South Korea: A cross-national study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 1-9.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Zi-Qin Liang & Kai Dou & Jian-Bin Li & Yu-Jie Wang & Yan-Gang Nie, 2022. "Linking Self-Control to Negative Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Late Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-14, June.
    2. Yiwei Zhang & Ning He & Yanfeng Xu, 2023. "Parenting and Adolescents’ Subjective Psychological Well-Being: Does Immigration Background Matter?," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 16(4), pages 1709-1732, August.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Daniel Shek & Li Lin, 2014. "Personal Well-Being and Family Quality of Life of Early Adolescents in Hong Kong: Do Economic Disadvantage and Time Matter?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 117(3), pages 795-809, July.
    2. Xiaoqin Zhu & Daniel T. L. Shek, 2020. "The Influence of Adolescent Problem Behaviors on Life Satisfaction: Parent–Child Subsystem Qualities as Mediators," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(5), pages 1767-1789, October.
    3. Rui Zhang & Lin-Xin Wang & Jesus Alfonso D. Datu & Yue Liang & Kai Dou & Yan-Gang Nie & Jian-Bin Li, 2023. "High Qualities of Relationships with Parents and Teachers Contribute to the Development of Adolescent Life Satisfaction Through Resilience: A Three-Wave Prospective Longitudinal Study," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 1339-1365, April.
    4. Deniz Yucel & Anastasia S. Vogt Yuan, 2016. "Parents, Siblings, or Friends? Exploring Life Satisfaction among Early Adolescents," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 11(4), pages 1399-1423, December.
    5. Haiyang Lu & Peng Nie & Long Qian, 2021. "Do Quarantine Experiences and Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Affect the Distribution of Mental Health in China? A Quantile Regression Analysis," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(5), pages 1925-1942, October.
    6. Xinli Chi & Xiaofeng Liu & Qiaomin Huang & Xiumin Cui & Li Lin, 2020. "The Relationship between Positive Youth Development and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Early Adolescents: A Three-Year Cross-Lagged Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-17, September.
    7. Ben Law & Daniel Shek & Cecilia Ma, 2011. "Exploration of the Factorial Structure of the Revised Personal Functions of the Volunteerism Scale for Chinese Adolescents," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 100(3), pages 517-537, February.
    8. Anna Maccagnan & Tim Taylor & Mathew P. White, 2020. "Valuing the Relationship Between Drug and Alcohol Use and Life Satisfaction: Findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 877-898, March.
    9. Cecilia M. S. Ma & Daniel T. L. Shek & Jenna M. T. Chen, 2019. "Changes in the Participants in a Community-Based Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong: Objective Outcome Evaluation Using a One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 14(4), pages 961-979, September.
    10. Marianthi Lousiana Deligianni & Joseph Studer & Jean-Bernard Daeppen & Gerhard Gmel & Nicolas Bertholet, 2019. "Longitudinal Associations between Life Satisfaction and Cannabis Use Initiation, Cessation, and Disorder Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Young Swiss Men," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-12, April.
    11. Johnson, Elizabeth I. & Kilpatrick, Tanner & Bolland, Anneliese & Bolland, John, 2020. "Positive youth development in the context of household member contact with the criminal justice system," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    12. Wing Chui & Mathew Wong, 2016. "Gender Differences in Happiness and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in Hong Kong: Relationships and Self-Concept," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 125(3), pages 1035-1051, February.
    13. Daniel T. L. Shek & Lu-Yin Liang, 2018. "Psychosocial Factors Influencing Individual Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: a Six-Year Longitudinal Study," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 13(3), pages 561-584, September.
    14. Tehila Refaeli & Shlomit Weiss-Dagan & Drorit Levy & Haya Itzhaky, 2022. "“We Are Young, We Run Free”: Predicting Factors of Life Satisfaction among Young Backpackers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-15, January.
    15. Lue Fang & Mantak Yuen & Eric Fung & Jiahong Zhang & Serene Chan & Florence Wu, 2022. "Life Satisfaction of Gifted and Average Adolescents in Hong Kong: Validation of the Chinese Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS)," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 17(2), pages 751-761, April.
    16. Cecilia M. S. Ma, 2020. "The Relationship Between Social Support and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese and Ethnic Minority Adolescents in Hong Kong: the Mediating Role of Positive Youth Development," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(2), pages 659-679, April.
    17. Daniel Shek & Ting Liu, 2014. "Life Satisfaction in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 117(3), pages 777-794, July.
    18. Daniel Shek & Xiang Li, 2016. "Perceived School Performance, Life Satisfaction, and Hopelessness: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in Hong Kong," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 126(2), pages 921-934, March.
    19. Kenneth Owusu Ansah & Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey & Abigail Esinam Adade & Pascal Agbadi, 2022. "Determinants of life satisfaction among Ghanaians aged 15 to 49 years: A further analysis of the 2017/2018 Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-18, January.
    20. Rachel Sun & Daniel Shek, 2012. "Positive Youth Development, Life Satisfaction and Problem Behaviour Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: A Replication," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 105(3), pages 541-559, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:119:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920320545. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.