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Hsieh, Manying – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study examined the relationships among home-based parental involvement, study habits, and academic achievement using structural equation modeling. The sample consisted of 566 eighth-grade students in Taiwan, and their mean age was 14.35. The data for home-based parental involvement and study habits was collected in the "first survey…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents
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Chen, Yi-Chun; Huang, Hui-Wen; Cheng, Chung-Ping; Hsieh, Hsin-Chin; Huang, Chih-Ling – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which social smoking expectations mediate the relationship between adolescent smoking behaviour and the smoking behaviour of family and peers. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Taiwan, Republic of China. Method: The participants were 921 senior high school students…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Computer Software
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Lin, Wen-Hsu; Yi, Chin-Chun – Youth & Society, 2016
General strain theory is an established criminological theory. Although the theory has been examined by many, the propositions of mediating effects through negative emotions, lower social control, and criminogenic social learning environment are understudied. In addition, previous studies that touched on these mechanisms were limited to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Crime, Adolescents
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Shih, Shu-Shen – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
Although academic pressures are regarded as a primary source of stress among students in Asian countries, there has been paucity of research on the effects of classroom settings providing structure and peer support on Asian adolescents' use of coping strategies and academic burnout. The present study was intended to address this issue. Three…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Coping
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Hsieh, Manying; Stright, Anne Dopkins – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
This study examined the relationships among adolescents' emotion regulation strategies (suppression and cognitive reappraisal), self-concept, and internalizing problems using structural equation modeling. The sample consisted of 438 early adolescents (13 to 15 years old) in Taiwan, including 215 boys and 223 girls. For both boys and girls,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Asian Culture, Structural Equation Models
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Chen, Ying-Chieh; Li, Ren-Hau; Chen, Sheng-Hwang – Social Indicators Research, 2013
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test a cause-and-effect model of factors affecting leisure satisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents. A structural equation model was proposed in which the relationships among leisure motivation, leisure involvement, and leisure satisfaction were explored. The study collected data from 701 adolescent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Structural Equation Models
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Wu, Ya-Ling – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
In Taiwan, the occupational achievement of indigenous people has been well below that of their non-indigenous counterparts. Studies have confirmed that the occupational aspirations of adolescents significantly influence their adult career choices and achievements. Therefore, this study tested the proposed theoretical model of occupational…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Career Development