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Family functioning, positive youth development, and internet addiction in junior secondary school students: structural equation modeling using AMOS

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International Journal on Disability and Human Development
From the journal International Journal on Disability and Human Development Volume 13 Issue 2

Abstract

This paper illustrates the procedure of testing full latent variable models using AMOS. Based on a sample of 4106 secondary school students in Hong Kong, the relationships among family functioning, positive youth development, and internet addiction were tested with the AMOS 17.0 program. Several competing models were examined and compared. The results revealed that both positive youth development and family functioning predicted internet addition among adolescents negatively. Higher level of family functioning also had indirect effects on students’ internet addictive behaviors through partial mediation of positive youth development. This study highlights the importance of promoting positive youth development and strengthening family functioning in reducing internet addiction in Hong Kong secondary school students.

Keywords: AMOS; Chinese adolescents; family; full latent variable model testing; internet addiction; positive youth development
Corresponding author: Lu Yu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room HJ430, Core H, Hunghom, Hong Kong, P.R. China, E-mail:
aThe authorship is carried equally between the first author and second author.

Acknowledgments

The preparation of this paper and the Project P.A.T.H.S. were financially supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

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Received: 2013-1-2
Accepted: 2013-2-9
Published Online: 2014-4-16
Published in Print: 2014-5-1

©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd-2014-0308
Keywords for this article
AMOS; Chinese adolescents; family; full latent variable model testing; internet addiction; positive youth development

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Statistical analyses in human development research
  4. Reviews
  5. Use of structural equation modeling in human development research
  6. Application of SPSS linear mixed methods to adolescent development research: basic concepts and steps
  7. How to plot growth curves based on SPSS output? Illustrations based on a study on adolescent development
  8. Confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS: a demonstration
  9. Testing factorial invariance across groups: an illustration using AMOS
  10. The use of confirmatory factor analyses in adolescent research: Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
  11. Family functioning, positive youth development, and internet addiction in junior secondary school students: structural equation modeling using AMOS
  12. Original Articles
  13. Using structural equation modeling to examine consumption of pornographic materials in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong
  14. Intention to engage in sexual behavior: influence of family functioning and positive youth development over time
  15. Objective outcome evaluation of a positive youth development program in China
  16. Subjective outcome evaluation of the training program of the project P.A.T.H.S.: findings based on the revised training program
  17. Subjective outcome evaluation of a positive youth development program in China
  18. The Chinese Adolescent Materialism Scale: psychometric properties and normative profiles
  19. The Chinese Adolescent Egocentrism Scale: psychometric properties and normative profiles
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