Citation

Deng S, Roosa MW. Am. J. Community Psychol. 2007; 40(3-4): 333-344.

Affiliation

Psychology Department, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. shiyingdeng@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1007/s10464-007-9133-0

PMID

17924187

Abstract

The current study applied the Social Development Model (SDM) to improve understanding of the mediation processes through which the family environment was related to Chinese adolescent delinquent behavior. We tested the hypothesized model using structural equation modeling with questionnaire data collected from 736 Chinese 7th and 9th graders, their parents, and their teachers from two middle schools in Beijing, China. Testing the model separately for boys and girls yielded adequate fit indices for both although the hypothesized model was not invariant across gender and several gender differences were identified. The SDM appeared to be a valuable tool in studying the development of Chinese adolescent delinquency.

Language: en