Latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors among ethnic minority adolescents: a latent class analysis.
Background: Deviant behaviors are common during adolescence. Despite the diversity of juvenile delinquency, the patterns of deviant behaviors remain unclear in ethnic minorities. The present study aimed to evaluate the latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors in ethnic minori...
| Published in: | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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BioMed Central
7/31/2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178775102&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178775102 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17532000 78JH jtl: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health issn: 17532000 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 7/31/2024 vid: 18 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 178775102 178775102 178775102 10.1186/s13034-024-00771-7 178775102 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors among ethnic minority adolescents: a latent class analysis. aug: au: Cui, Kunjie Fong, Ted C. T. Yip, Paul Siu Fai affil: Research Institute of Social Development, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China sug: subj: Adolescent Behavior Ethnic Groups Minority Groups Mental Health Human Male Female Adolescence Structural Equation Modeling Sex Factors Descriptive Statistics Domestic Violence Self Regulation Anxiety Symptoms Depression Symptoms Odds Ratio Rural Areas China Coefficient alpha Summated Rating Scaling Scales Bivariate Statistics Chi Square Test Logistic Regression Confidence Intervals Comparative Studies Prediction Models Post Hoc Analysis Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Background: Deviant behaviors are common during adolescence. Despite the diversity of juvenile delinquency, the patterns of deviant behaviors remain unclear in ethnic minorities. The present study aimed to evaluate the latent heterogeneity of deviant behaviors and associated factors in ethnic minority Yi adolescents. Methods: The present study recruited a large sample of 1931 ethnic minority Yi adolescents (53.4% females, mean age = 14.7 years, SD 1.10) in five secondary schools in 2022 in Sichuan, China. The participants completed measures on 13 deviant behaviors and demographic characteristics, attitudinal self-control, and psychological distress. Sample heterogeneity of deviant behaviors was analyzed via latent class analysis using class as the cluster variable. Results: The data supported three latent classes with measurement invariance by sex. 68.2%, 28.0%, and 3.8% of the sample were in the Normative, Borderline, and Deviant class, with minimal, occasional, and extensive deviant behaviors, respectively. The Deviant class was more prevalent in males (6.5%) than females (1.6%). There were significant class differences in domestic violence, school belonging, self-control, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Males, domestic violence, low school belonging, and impaired self-control significantly predicted higher odds of the Deviant and Borderline classes compared to the normative class. Conclusion: This study provided the first results on three latent classes of deviant behaviors with distinct profiles in ethnic minority adolescents in rural China. These results have practical implications to formulate targeted interventions to improve the psycho-behavioral functioning of the at-risk adolescents in ethnic minorities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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