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Taichung Teachers College, Taiwan, China
The main purpose of this study is to explore the relevant variables influencing the addiction of
playing video games. The study sample consists of 1,228 adolescents in Taiwan. The major
findings showed that there are significant differences of variables of sex, family function,
sensation seeking, and boredom on video game addiction. There are significant differences of
variable of video game addiction on hostility, and the group of high video game addiction has
more hostility than others. And, video game addiction path model does not conform to the study of
the previously proposed theoretical framework.
5040.4 Ecological predictors of antisocial behaviour amongst Malaysian school-going
adolescents, Rozumah Baharudin, Rumaya Juhari, Malaysia
The study examines self, family, school, peers, community and media factors that influence
antisocial behaviour amongst adolescents in Malaysia. A total of 2041 students from both rural
and urban areas in Malaysia participated in the study. Students aged 13-18 years old who have at
least one disciplinary record were selected for the study. Findings showed that gender, age,
academic orientation, party orientation, peer orientation, relationship with school, school climate,
family functioning and family happiness are predictive of conduct problems amongst the
respondents. Therefore, the ecological factors must be considered as a whole in addressing
behavioural problems amongst the school-going adolescents.
5041 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Yahaya Mahamood, Malaysia
5041.1 HIV/AIDS in Indonesia and the contribution of psychology, Simon Simon 1 , Susan
Paxton 2 , 1 Widya Mandala University (Indonesia) & University of Melbourne (Australia),
Australia, 2 School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Australia
Young people in Indonesia are not generally considered at high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, but
new evidence indicates that many young people are now engaging in high-risk behaviours
including more frequent sex before marriage, drug injection and becoming or using a sex worker.
This paper will report and summarize three empirical studies of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia and the
contribution of psychology -in particular the Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen & Madden,
1986)- in explaining and predicting safe sex behaviours. Apart from the results, the potential
intervention programs based on psychology and social theories will also be discussed.
5041.2 Gender differences in motives for the adoption of protective health behaviours, Robert
Ho, Graham Davidson, Vanessa Ghea, School of Psychology and Sociology, Central
Queensland University, Australia
Why do men die earlier than women? Two models - the social psychological model and the
cognitive appraisal model - are posited to account for the observed mortality gender gap. This
study employed multi-group/multi-model analyses to evaluate and to compare the structural
relationships hypothesised in these two models for males and females. The results support the
proposal that effective health promotion must employ multi-level interventions that focus not only
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