TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Health compromising behaviors among Chinese adolescents: Role of physical abuse, school experience, and social support
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Tang, Catherine So-Kum
A1  - Wong, William
A1  - Leung, Phil
A1  - Chen, Wei-Qin
A1  - Lee, Albert
A1  - Ling, Davina
SP  - 457
EP  - 466
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - This study examined the influence of immediate social environment on health compromising behaviors (HCB) among 6564 high school students in China. Results showed that physical abuse by parents was a major risk factor that accounted for high rates of HCB. Perceived positive school experience and social support were protective factors associated with low rates of HCB. These two protective factors also buffered the adverse influence of abuse on the practice of individual HCB. In particular, parental abuse was associated with sexual experimentation, non-fatal self-harm, and suicide behaviors only at low levels of protective factors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105310384297
ID  - ref1
ER  -