Self-perceived health among adolescents: the role of gender and psychosocial factors.

Publisher: Springer Verlag Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 7603873 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0340-6199 (Print) Linking ISSN: 03406199 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Pediatr Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Berlin : Springer Verlag
Original Publication: Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag.

Adolescent* ; Health Status* ; Self-Assessment*; Depression/psychology ; Diet ; Educational Status ; Family Relations ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Hungary ; Male ; Motor Activity ; Physical Fitness ; Psychophysiologic Disorders/psychology ; Sex Factors ; Smoking/psychology ; Substance-Related Disorders/psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Since adolescents' psychosocial health problems may have major implications for adult morbidity and mortality, investigating their self-perceived health deserves priority. In the lack of limiting illness, psychosocial health variables, e.g., psychosomatic health complaints or health behaviors, play a decisive role in determining adolescents' self-perceived health. Using data on adolescents from Szeged, Hungary (n = 1,114), we examined the relationship between adolescents' self-perceived health and a set of psychosocial health status measurements. Findings show that psychosomatic and depressive symptoms contributed significantly to adolescents' poor/fair perceptions of health. Findings also support the relationship between health behaviors and adolescents' self-perceived health. Among boys, drug use and the lack of physical activity are significant predictors. Among girls, smoking may act in a similar way. Diet control is significant in both cases. Besides academic achievement, SES self-assessment and non-intact family status are strong contributes to health perception. Overall, findings show that psychosocial health variables are important influences on adolescents' self-perceived health.

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