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Substance Abuse in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong

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Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia ((QLAS,volume 5))

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Based on three waves of longitudinal data collected from 2,667 secondary school students over the junior secondary school years, the prevalence of substance abuse behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents and the sociodemographic, familial, and psychosocial correlates of adolescent substance abuse were examined in the study. Results showed that drug use in the areas of smoking, drinking, and organ solvent deserves our attention. Results also showed that socioeconomic status as well as family conflicts and communication predicted adolescent substance abuse. At the same time, positive youth development attributes were negatively associated with adolescent substance abuse. The contributions of family functioning and positive youth development to the reduction of adolescent substance abuse are discussed.

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The preparation for this paper was financially supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The authorship is equally shared between the first author and second author.

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    Daniel T. L. Shek Ph.D., B.B.S., S.B.S., J.P.

  2. Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Janet T. Y. Leung Ph.D.

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    Daniel T.L. Shek

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    Rachel C. F. Sun

  3. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong SAR

    Cecilia M.S. Ma

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Shek, D.T.L., Leung, J.T.Y. (2014). Substance Abuse in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong. In: Shek, D., Sun, R., Ma, C. (eds) Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong. Quality of Life in Asia, vol 5. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-143-5_8

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