Coping strategies of at-risk adolescents

• Main Author: Ling, Ai Hua.
• Other Authors: Smith, Ian David
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13783
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates risk-taking behaviours of young male offenders from the perspective of their stress and coping strategies. Risk-taking behaviors are not to be seen as mere antisocial acts of adolescents; rather they need to be understood as adolescents' efforts in trying to manage certa...