RT Article
T1 Violent Behavior and Social Network Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 9
SP 2405
OP 2433
A1 Cheung, Chau Kiu Jacky
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1892743523
AB While the youth’s social network has affected violent behavior, the influences of different kinds of networks and their behaviors have been unclear. Accordingly, the antisocial and prosocial of the peer friend (less than 5 years older or younger) network, elder friend (aged > 40 years) network, and the linking or resourceful network are likely influential based on social learning, social bond, and social capital theories. For a contest of the network behaviors, this study surveyed 2,363 youths (aged 16–24 years) in the Chinese society of Hong Kong. Results reveal that the prosocial behavior of peer and elder networks significantly inversely predicted the youth’s violent behavior, whereas the antisocial behavior of the linking network was significantly positively predictive. These network effects were not significantly different between the migrant and native and between the younger (aged below 20 years) and older (aged 20+ years) youths. The results imply the value of preventing the youth’s violent behavior by raising the youth’s bonding with prosocial friends and preventing the youth’s antisocial linking network with the guidance of the theories.
K1 Social Capital
K1 Social learning
K1 Social bonding
K1 linking network
K1 elder network
K1 peer network
K1 Prosocial behavior
K1 Antisocial Behavior
K1 Violent Behavior
DO 10.1177/00111287231161526