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Impact of Family Functioning on Adolescent Materialism and Egocentrism in Mainland China: Positive Youth Development
Daniel Tan Lei Shek1, Kim Hung Leung1, Diya Dou1
1Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
Although adolescent materialism and egocentrism are growing problems in Chinese societies, there are very few studies investigating their predictors and related mediators. Longitudinal studies in this area are also sparse. Based on a short-term longitudinal study (n = 4981), we assessed the impact of family functioning on materialism and egocentrism of Chinese adolescents, with positive youth development attributes as a hypothesized mediating factor. Results showed that family functioning positively predicted positive youth development attributes but negatively predicted adolescent materialism and egocentrism; positive youth development attributes also negatively predicted adolescent materialism and egocentrism. Mediational analyses showed that positive youth development attributes mediated the impact of family functioning on adolescent materialism and egocentrism. The theoretical and methodological advances of the study are discussed.
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