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The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia

Juvenile delinquency is always seen as a public health problem which needs intervention at various levels. Identifying which factors may lead juveniles to delinquency is a long-standing question among criminologists. This remains the case in Malaysia. There are studies that have explored the impact...

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Autores principales: Zakaria, Ezarina, Kamarudin, Noor Nasihah, Mohamad, Zhooriyati Sehu, Suzuki, Masahiro, Rathakrishnan, Balan, Bikar Singh, Soon Singh, Ab Rahman, Zaizul, Sabramani, Vikneswaran, Shaari, Azianura Hani, Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137846
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author Zakaria, Ezarina
Kamarudin, Noor Nasihah
Mohamad, Zhooriyati Sehu
Suzuki, Masahiro
Rathakrishnan, Balan
Bikar Singh, Soon Singh
Ab Rahman, Zaizul
Sabramani, Vikneswaran
Shaari, Azianura Hani
Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim
author_facet Zakaria, Ezarina
Kamarudin, Noor Nasihah
Mohamad, Zhooriyati Sehu
Suzuki, Masahiro
Rathakrishnan, Balan
Bikar Singh, Soon Singh
Ab Rahman, Zaizul
Sabramani, Vikneswaran
Shaari, Azianura Hani
Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim
author_sort Zakaria, Ezarina
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description Juvenile delinquency is always seen as a public health problem which needs intervention at various levels. Identifying which factors may lead juveniles to delinquency is a long-standing question among criminologists. This remains the case in Malaysia. There are studies that have explored the impact of problem-solving skills, low socioeconomic status, and gender differences in predicting the delinquent behavior of youth in Malaysia. However, very few studies have aimed to find an in-depth understanding of the effects of family roles and peer pressure on delinquency in Malaysia. The present qualitative research was designed to fill this gap in the literature. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 young male prisoners (juvenile delinquents) in Malaysia to explore the influences of family life and peer pressure on delinquency. The current study showed that parental un-involvement, parent separation, peer pressure, criminal gang membership, and parents’ involvement in crime were the important factors for involvement in delinquency. The findings revealed the importance of guidance and counseling for parents and adolescents, to help them cope with life challenges and to build their social and emotional skills, as well as the necessity of appointing school psychologists and public health experts to help the youths become valuable individuals.
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spelling pubmed-92658952022-07-09 The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia Zakaria, Ezarina Kamarudin, Noor Nasihah Mohamad, Zhooriyati Sehu Suzuki, Masahiro Rathakrishnan, Balan Bikar Singh, Soon Singh Ab Rahman, Zaizul Sabramani, Vikneswaran Shaari, Azianura Hani Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Juvenile delinquency is always seen as a public health problem which needs intervention at various levels. Identifying which factors may lead juveniles to delinquency is a long-standing question among criminologists. This remains the case in Malaysia. There are studies that have explored the impact of problem-solving skills, low socioeconomic status, and gender differences in predicting the delinquent behavior of youth in Malaysia. However, very few studies have aimed to find an in-depth understanding of the effects of family roles and peer pressure on delinquency in Malaysia. The present qualitative research was designed to fill this gap in the literature. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 young male prisoners (juvenile delinquents) in Malaysia to explore the influences of family life and peer pressure on delinquency. The current study showed that parental un-involvement, parent separation, peer pressure, criminal gang membership, and parents’ involvement in crime were the important factors for involvement in delinquency. The findings revealed the importance of guidance and counseling for parents and adolescents, to help them cope with life challenges and to build their social and emotional skills, as well as the necessity of appointing school psychologists and public health experts to help the youths become valuable individuals. MDPI 2022-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9265895/ /pubmed/35805504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137846 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zakaria, Ezarina
Kamarudin, Noor Nasihah
Mohamad, Zhooriyati Sehu
Suzuki, Masahiro
Rathakrishnan, Balan
Bikar Singh, Soon Singh
Ab Rahman, Zaizul
Sabramani, Vikneswaran
Shaari, Azianura Hani
Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim
The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title_full The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title_fullStr The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title_short The Role of Family Life and the Influence of Peer Pressure on Delinquency: Qualitative Evidence from Malaysia
title_sort role of family life and the influence of peer pressure on delinquency: qualitative evidence from malaysia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137846
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