Youth violence in a collective society.

• Main Author: Lim, Lena Hui Xiang.
• Other Authors: Weining Chu Chang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20654
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recognizing that violence is a cultural phenomenon in addition to being an individual behavioral problem, the present research examined youth violence within the Asian collectivist cultural context. It is proposed that the cultural context provides the meaning of violence and shapes the pattern o...