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The Role of Positive Youth Development and Family Functioning in Chinese Adolescent Well-Being: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

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In many social science theories, personal and environmental factors have been proposed to be factors governing adolescent well-being. On the personal level, there are views proposing that positive youth development attributes (such as resilience, spirituality and psychosocial competence) are positively related to adolescent well-being. On the environmental level, there are family theories arguing that positive family functioning attributes (such as mutuality and communication quality) contribute to adolescent well-being. In this chapter, theories on positive youth development and family functioning related to adolescent development are described. Utilizing the longitudinal data collected in the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong, the chapter explores the influence of positive youth development and family functioning on the well-being (indexed by life satisfaction, hopelessness and risk behavior) of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. The empirical findings generally suggest that positive youth development attributes and family functioning are determinants of Chinese adolescent well-being. This observation is consistent with the Confucian emphasis of “xiu shen, qi jia” (i.e., cultivation of oneself and regulation of one’s family) as fundamental cornerstone of human and social development.

This paper and the Project P.A.T.H.S. are financially supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Address all correspondence to Daniel T.L. Shek, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (daniel.shek@polyu.edu.hk).

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