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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Main Authors:	Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah, Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-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
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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.
format	Article
author	Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati
author_facet	Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati
author_sort	Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah
title	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_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_sort	family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in selangor. a comparative study
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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Family characteristics associate with risk taking behaviour among urban and rural adolescents in two districts in Selangor. A comparative study

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