Date of Award
8-1-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Graduate School of Social Work
First Advisor
Julie A. Laser, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Inna Altschul
Third Advisor
David Blair
Fourth Advisor
Gloria Miller
Keywords
Family dynamics, Transition to adulthood, Asian family dynamics
Abstract
This dissertation study examined the risk and promotive factors that can hinder or help adolescents as they transition into adulthood. Chinese, Japanese and Korean adolescents were surveyed in order to examine the individual and family factors influencing risk behavior in adolescents. Correlation and regression were used to examine the relationship among variables. Findings from the analysis revealed that promotive factors including: autonomy, easy temperament, emotional intelligence, humor, moral development, optimism and physical beauty, and risk factors including: history of physical abuse, history of sexual abuse, domestic violence, favoritism of siblings, parental depression and parent not aware, were found to be predicative in North America, Europe, and Australia are also predictive for East Asian cultures. Implications of these findings for theory, research, policy and social work practice are explored.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Jennifer Ann Boeckel
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
240 p.
Recommended Citation
Boeckel, Jennifer Ann, "Individual and Family Factors Related to the Reduction of Risk Behavior in Asian Youth" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 74.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/74
Copyright date
2013
Discipline
Social work