The effect of employment on delinquent behavior among youth in hidden situation

Gloria Hongyee Chan

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00229

The effect of employment on delinquent behavior among youth in hidden situation

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Author(s)

Gloria Hongyee Chan

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Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Article number	229
Journal / Publication	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume	10
Online published	23 Apr 2019
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019

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Abstract

This study examines the effect of employment on delinquent behavior among young people in “hidden situations”. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, and 588 young people in these hidden situations were investigated. Results showed that some of them had employment; their employment status constituted a mediating effect on preventing them from being involved in delinquent behavior. Also, participants who had work explained the reasons for not being involved in delinquent behavior. These results reflect that whether young people in hidden situation involve in delinquent behavior depends on their employment rather than their hidden behavior itself. The implication is that practitioners should respect the youths’ self-preferred choice of employment and even advocate a revision of the definition of employment in Hong Kong.

Research Area(s)

Delinquent behavior, Employment, Hidden, Social withdrawal, Youth

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