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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Mutual aid groups, with social worker support, are recognized for helping members reduce behavioral problems.
  • The specific mechanisms through which this collaboration achieves deviance reduction remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of social capital theory in explaining how mutual aid, group cohesion, and social worker support reduce youth deviance.
  • To empirically test the direct contributions of these factors to behavioral problem reduction.

Main Methods:

  • A two-wave panel survey was conducted with 241 youths from 60 mutual aid groups in Hong Kong.
  • Participants had reported deviant behavioral problems and completed surveys at baseline and a 1-year follow-up.

Main Results:

  • Mutual aid demonstrated a direct, unconditional contribution to reducing deviance.
  • Group cohesion was found to significantly reduce behavioral problems.
  • Social workers' specific aid also directly contributed to lowering deviance among group members.

Conclusions:

  • Mutual aid, group cohesion, and social worker interventions are effective in reducing youth deviance.
  • Social workers can enhance the efficacy of mutual aid groups in addressing behavioral issues in young people.