Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study
Risk taking behaviour has rated as one of the public health issue that need special attention. The objectives are to compare the prevalence and its associate factors in urban and rural. The results showed risky behaviour had no association with location of study and the prevalence were 81.7% (urban)...
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| author | Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati |
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| description | Risk taking behaviour has rated as one of the public health issue that need special attention. The objectives are to compare the prevalence and its associate factors in urban and rural. The results showed risky behaviour had no association with location of study and the prevalence were 81.7% (urban) and 84.7% (rural). Most of the parental factors unrelated to risky behaviour. Multiple logistic regressions had shown being a male, inadequate number of bedrooms, large number of household, family conflict and no family cohesion were the negative predictor in both areas. Hence, it is necessity for parents to protect their children as they must face utmost challenges during transitional period. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:347862014-01-23T01:01:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34786/ Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Risk taking behaviour has rated as one of the public health issue that need special attention. The objectives are to compare the prevalence and its associate factors in urban and rural. The results showed risky behaviour had no association with location of study and the prevalence were 81.7% (urban) and 84.7% (rural). Most of the parental factors unrelated to risky behaviour. Multiple logistic regressions had shown being a male, inadequate number of bedrooms, large number of household, family conflict and no family cohesion were the negative predictor in both areas. Hence, it is necessity for parents to protect their children as they must face utmost challenges during transitional period. Elsevier 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34786/1/Family_characteristic.pdf Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah and Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati (2013) Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 91. pp. 581-587. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025883 doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.457 |
| spellingShingle | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title | Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title_full | Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title_fullStr | Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title_short | Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study |
| title_sort | family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in selangor a comparative study |
| topic | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/34786/1/Family_characteristic.pdf |
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