title: Situating alcohol use and delinquency within developmental and societal context: the case of Korean youth.
abstract: In this study involving self-report questionnaire data from 955 tenth-grade students in three locations within Korea, we address the meanings of alcohol use and delinquency for Korean youth. Findings (a) supported a facilitative role for alcohol, but not delinquency, with respect to perceived peer social competence; (b) indicated negative associations of both alcohol use and delinquency with parental relations, valuing academic achievement, and collectivistic values, and positive associations with friends' risk behaviours; (c) showed no relationship of these behaviours with self-esteem, coping, parental permissiveness or individualistic values; and (d) revealed that perceived benefits of alcohol use and delinquency include not only social facilitation but also exploration and assertion of independence, suggesting a potential connection, as in Western societies, between risk taking, and identity exploration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Housing Studies, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsanbuk-do 712-749, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires