dc.contributor.author |
Kiadarbandsari, Atefeh |
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dc.contributor.author |
Fa'alau, Fuafiva |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-07-12T01:28:28Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-07-12T01:28:28Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2024-06-17 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
(2024). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0303-6758 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/69204 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Mentoring is often utilised to support youth who have low levels of protective assets. This study explored 300 NZ youth (16-18 years old) who were involved in mentoring relationships to better understand how developmental assets influence depressive symptoms and misconduct behaviours. Results suggest that most participants possessed low to fair levels of internal (77.3%) and external (72.6%) assets with high levels of major depressive symptoms (40.7%) and moderate to high levels of misconduct behaviours (29.4%). There were demographic differences in developmental assets (e.g. Pacific youth reported higher assets and non-student participants reported lower assets than others), depressive symptoms (e.g. higher ranks for females than males) and misconduct behaviours (e.g. higher misconduct behaviours among Māori youth, non-student and full-time employed participants). Importantly, lower levels of external assets (β = – .90, S.E = .20, p = <.001; 95% CI [−1.30, – .50]) and internal assets (β = – .76, S.E = 29 .28, p = <.001; 95% CI [−1.31, – .20]) predicted depressive symptoms and low levels of external assets significantly contribute to youth misconduct behaviours (β = – .40, S.E = .08, p = 31 < .001; 95% CI [-.56, – .23]). These findings suggest strategies, programmes and policies to improve developmental assets which may decrease emotional and behavioural distress among youth. |
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dc.publisher |
Taylor and Francis Group |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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dc.title |
A demographic analysis of developmental assets, misconduct behaviours, and depression among New Zealand youth in mentoring relationships |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1080/03036758.2024.2363438 |
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dc.date.updated |
2024-06-18T11:17:32Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The authors |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
1033353 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Population Health |
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pubs.org-id |
Pacific Health |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1175-8899 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2024-06-18 |
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