Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 146-154.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.02.03

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The Relationship between Family Functioning and Adolescent Negative Risk-taking Behavior: A Moderated Mediating Model

WANG Bing, TIAN Lumei, DONG Xinyue   

  1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • Online:2018-03-15 Published:2018-03-15

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Abstract: To explore the mechanism of the relationship between family functioning and adolescent negative risk-taking behavior, the present study hypothesized and examined a moderated mediating model in which deviant peer affiliation mediates the above-mentioned relationship and this mediating effect is moderated by self-esteem, with a sample of 940 middle school and high school students (mean age=14.38 years, SD=1.69) as participants. The participants completed the Family Assessment Device, Peer Group Character Questionnaire, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, and Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior Questionnaire. The results showed that:(1) family functioning directly predicted adolescent negative risk-taking behavior and indirectly influence it via deviant peer affiliation as a mediator. (2) The effect of deviant peer affiliation on adolescent negative risk-taking behavior was moderated by self-esteem.Specifically, this effect was much stronger among low self-esteem adolescents than was among high self-esteem adolescents. These findings suggest that family provides the basis of healthy growth for adolescents, and poor family functioning is likely to make adolescents maladaptive,whereas improving adolescent peer context and self system may reduce this risk.

Key words: negative risk-taking behavior, family functioning, deviant peer affiliation, self-esteem, adolescent

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  • B844

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