Adolescent risk behaviours and protective factors against peer influence |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;3. ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand;4. Institute for Health and Society, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States;2. Urban Youth Trauma Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States;3. Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, United States;4. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, United States;5. Institute for Social Science Research, University of Alabama, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the relationships between protective factors and involvement in risk behaviour of Italian adolescents with friends involved in risk. Protective factors were drawn from models of peers and from individual skills (perceived regulatory self-efficacy, intolerant attitudes about deviance) and orientation (to health, school, religion). The data are from two waves, 1 year apart, of a questionnaire survey of adolescents in northwestern Italy. Participants were 908 adolescents (42% boys) ages 14–16 years. Results of a hierarchical regression revealed that religiosity is a protective factor and that friends' models for conventional behaviours and positive attitude about health can mitigate the influence of deviant friends on adolescent risk behaviour 1 year later, even after controlling for prior levels of risk behaviour. Possible implications of this study suggest the importance of implementing preventive interventions by involving the peer group, especially at about 16 years, and working with heterogeneous (deviant and nondeviant) groups. |
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| Keywords: | Deviant peers Protective factors Risk behaviours Religiosity Heterogeneous groups Moderator factors |
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