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Social Capital and the Onset of Health-Risk Behaviors among Korean Youths

Social Capital and the Onset of Health-Risk Behaviors among Korean Youths AbstractDespite extensive formal legislation designed to protect youths from engaging in health-risk behaviors, underage substance use and extreme forms of aggression are prevalent in Korea. This study examined the ways social capital—an informal relational resource—may contribute to delayed onset of health-risk behaviors among Korean adolescents. Analyses were conducted using five consecutive waves of the Korean Youth Panel Survey (N = 3,449), a nationally representative sample of adolescents in Korea. Discrete-time survival analysis captured the dynamic set of individuals who differentially experienced initiation of health-risk behaviors. Family-level social capital was significantly associated with delayed onset of smoking, drinking, aggression, and rule-breaking behaviors. Relational resources in the community were also proven important, but particularly for behaviors that often occur in public or communal areas. Successful prevention of adolescent health-risk behaviors may require facilitation of informal mechanisms of social control provided by family and community relationships. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Work Research Oxford University Press

Social Capital and the Onset of Health-Risk Behaviors among Korean Youths

Han, Yoonsun; Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew
Social Work Research , Volume 39 (4) – Dec 1, 2015
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Oxford University Press
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© 2015 National Association of Social Workers
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1070-5309
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1545-6838
DOI
10.1093/swr/svv027
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Abstract

AbstractDespite extensive formal legislation designed to protect youths from engaging in health-risk behaviors, underage substance use and extreme forms of aggression are prevalent in Korea. This study examined the ways social capital—an informal relational resource—may contribute to delayed onset of health-risk behaviors among Korean adolescents. Analyses were conducted using five consecutive waves of the Korean Youth Panel Survey (N = 3,449), a nationally representative sample of adolescents in Korea. Discrete-time survival analysis captured the dynamic set of individuals who differentially experienced initiation of health-risk behaviors. Family-level social capital was significantly associated with delayed onset of smoking, drinking, aggression, and rule-breaking behaviors. Relational resources in the community were also proven important, but particularly for behaviors that often occur in public or communal areas. Successful prevention of adolescent health-risk behaviors may require facilitation of informal mechanisms of social control provided by family and community relationships.

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Social Work Research – Oxford University Press

Published: Dec 1, 2015

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