Impact of impulsivity, perceived social support, and coping on Chinese adolescents' engagement in risky behaviours.

• Main Author: See, Yih Yun.
• Other Authors: Ho Moon-Ho Ringo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Consciousness and cognition
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39878
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A multi-wave longitudinal data was used in current study to test whether coping strategies adoption would mediate the relationship between impulsivity and risky behaviors. Three impulsivity subtraits (attentional/motor/non-planning impulsiveness) proposed by Barratt (1985) were explored in the media...