Law Ben M F, Siu Andrew M H, Shek Daniel T L
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:809578. doi: 10.1100/2012/809578. Epub 2012 May 1.
Recognition for positive behavior is an appropriate response of the social environment to elicit desirable external behavior among the youth. Such positive responses, rendered from various social systems, include tangible and intangible reinforcements. The following theories are used to explain the importance of recognizing positive behavior: operational conditioning, observational learning, self-determination, and humanistic perspective. In the current work, culturally and socially desirable behaviors are discussed in detail with reference to Chinese adolescents. Positive behavior recognition is especially important to adolescent development because it promotes identity formation as well as cultivates moral reasoning and social perspective thinking from various social systems. The significance of recognizing positive behavior is illustrated through the support, tutorage, invitation, and subsidy provided by Hong Kong's social systems in recognition of adolescent volunteerism. The practical implications of positive behavior recognition on youth development programs are also discussed in this work.
对积极行为的认可，是社会环境为激发青少年期望的外在行为而做出的恰当反应。来自各种社会系统的此类积极反应，包括有形和无形的强化。以下理论用于解释认可积极行为的重要性：操作性条件反射、观察学习、自我决定和人本主义视角。在当前的研究中，结合中国青少年详细讨论了文化和社会期望的行为。积极行为认可对青少年发展尤为重要，因为它促进身份认同的形成，并从各种社会系统中培养道德推理和社会视角思维。通过香港社会系统为认可青少年志愿服务而提供的支持、指导、邀请和补贴，阐明了认可积极行为的意义。本研究还讨论了积极行为认可对青少年发展项目的实际影响。
