| Literature DB >> 17605792 |
Hongjie Liu1, Shuli Yu, Lesley Cottrell, Sonja Lunn, Lynette Deveaux, Nanika V Brathwaite, Sharon Marshall, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Few studies, particularly in developing countries, have explored the relationship between adolescents and parental values with adolescent problem behaviors. The objectives of the study are to (1) describe adolescents' personal values, their problem behaviors, and the relationships thereof according to gender and (2) examine the relationship between parental values, adolescent values, and adolescents' problem behaviors among sixth-grade students and one of their parents.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17605792 PMCID: PMC1924852 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-135
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Public Health ISSN: 1471-2458 Impact factor: 3.295
Reported problem behaviors among the 6-grade students in the last 6 months
| N | % | N | % | p – value | |
| Physical fight with a friend | 154 | 42.5 | 112 | 26.5 | < 0.01 |
| Drank alcohol, beer, or wine | 96 | 26.5 | 92 | 21.8 | 0.15 |
| Smoked a cigarette | 9 | 2.5 | 10 | 2.4 | 0.90 |
| Pushed or carried any drugs | 10 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | < 0.01 |
| Carried a gun, knife, screwdriver or cutlass to use as a weapon | 26 | 7.2 | 3 | 0.7 | < 0.01 |
| Had sex | 8 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.03 |
| Used marijuana or other illicit drugs | 7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.06 |
Distribution of values and sensation among boys and girls
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p – value | |
| Self-enhancement | 36.5 (8.85) | 35.1 (9.00) | 0.03 |
| Self-transcendence | 40.7 (10.47) | 42.28 (10.56) | 0.03 |
| Openness to change | 41.4 (9.74) | 40.4 (9.91) | 0.16 |
| Conservation | 54.7 (13.32) | 56.5 (13.14) | 0.06 |
| Sensation seeking | 9.3 (3.78) | 7.6 (3.79) | < 0.01 |
SD: Standard Deviation
Associations between values, sensation and problem behaviors
| OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Self-enhancement | 0.99 | 0.80–1.21 | ||
| Self-transcendence | 0.85 | 0.68–1.05 | 1.18 | 0.95–1.42 |
| Openness to change | 0.98 | 0.78–1.23 | ||
| Conservation | 0.84 | 0.70–1.02 | ||
| Sensation seeking | 1.24 | 0.92–1.68 | 1.23 | 0.93–1.62 |
OR: odds ratio
95% CI: 95% confidence interval
The relations between problem behaviors and additive level of child's and parents' values and sensation
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||
| Self-enhancement | L | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| L | H | 1.43 | 0.78–2.62 | |||
| H | L | 0.79 | 0.43–1.47 | 0.89 | 0.49–1.63 | |
| H | H | 1.24 | 0.59–2.60 | 1.06 | 0.37–0.92 | |
| Self-transcendence | L | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| L | H | 0.97 | 0.51–1.86 | |||
| H | L | 0.58 | 0.30–1.12 | 1.11 | 0.62–2.01 | |
| H | H | 0.62 | 0.23–1.68 | 1.78 | 0.85–3.68 | |
| Openness to change | ||||||
| L | L | 1 | 1 | |||
| L | H | 1.40 | 0.74–2.63 | |||
| H | L | 0.72 | 0.38–1.36 | 1.67 | 0.93–3.02 | |
| H | H | 0.98 | 0.44–2.17 | 2.42 | 0.96–6.13 | |
| Conservation | ||||||
| L | L | 1 | 1 | |||
| L | H | 1.42 | 0.76–2.65 | 1.16 | 0.63–2.13 | |
| H | L | 0.55 | 0.29–1.07 | 1.03 | 0.58–1.85 | |
| H | H | 0.47 | 0.19–1.13 | 1.27 | 0.54–2.96 | |
| Sensation seeking | ||||||
| L | L | 1 | 1 | |||
| L | H | 2.07 | 0.98–4.35 | 1.56 | 0.87–2.80 | |
| H | L | 1.37 | 0.78–2.37 | 1.50 | 0.80–2.81 | |
| H | H | 0.97 | 0.38–3.44 | |||
H: high level; equal to or higher than 75th percentile
L: low level: lower than 75th percentile
OR: odds ratio
95% CI: 95% confidence interval