Problematic Internet Use, Related Psychosocial Behaviors, Healthy Lifestyle, and Subjective Health Complaints in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aija Klavina ◽  
Viktors Veliks ◽  
Anna Zusa ◽  
Juris Porozovs ◽  
Aleksandrs Aniscenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Social Impairment ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objective: In this study, we explored Internet use-associated psychosocial behavior problems in relationship to adolescents’ subjective health complaints and healthy lifestyle habits. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of Latvian adolescents (N = 570, age range 11-19 years) completed a survey. Problematic Internet use (PIU) was assessed by the Problematic and Risky Internet Use Screening Scale (PRIUSS) that measures social impairment, emotional impairment, and risky/impulsive Internet use. Subjective health complaints assessed were somatic complaints and psychological complaints. Healthy lifestyle behaviors assessed were daily physical activity, time spent using information technologies (IT), eating habits, and sleep duration. Results: We found that 27.02 % (N = 154) of the participants scored at risk for PIU with significantly higher PIU mean scores in 15-16-year-old girls (p <.05). Also, 15-16-year-old girls reported significantly higher prevalence of subjective health symptoms than boys and girls in other age groups (p < .05). There were statistically significant associations between PIU-related psychosocial behaviors and subjective health complaints and limited physical activity (p < .01). Conclusions: PIU behaviors, subjective health complaints and lack healthy lifestyles were common in adolescents in this study with a significantly high prevalence in 15-16-year-old girls.

scholarly journals Healthy Lifestyle in Children and Adolescents and Its Association with Subjective Health Complaints: Findings from 37 Countries and Regions from the HBSC Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adilson Marques ◽  
Yolanda Demetriou ◽  
Riki Tesler ◽  
Élvio R. Gouveia ◽  
Miguel Peralta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Multiple Health

Background: It is important to clearly understand the factors associated with subjective health complaints. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between subjective health complaints, several health behaviors, and a composite measure of healthy lifestyle. Methods: Data were from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2014 international database. Participants were 167,021 children and adolescents, aged 10–16 years, from 37 countries and regions. A composite score of healthy lifestyle was created using a combination of daily physical activity, daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, <2 hours spent daily in screen-based behaviors, no drinking, and no smoking. The subjective health complaints assessed were headaches, stomach aches, backache, dizziness, feeling low, irritability, nervousness, and sleep difficulties. Results: Those who engage in physical activity every day, spend less than two hours a day in screen-based behaviors, do not drink alcohol, and do not smoke tobacco presented a higher likelihood of not having subjective health complaints. A healthy lifestyle was significantly related to having less of all the subjective health complaints. Those with a healthy lifestyle were 50% (OR = 0.5, 95% CI: 0.5–0.6, p < 0.001) less likely to have multiple health complaints. Conclusions: Healthy behaviors and healthy lifestyles are related with less subjective health complaints and less multiple health complaints.

scholarly journals Sense of Coherence in Association with Stress Experience and Health in Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unni Karin Moksnes ◽  
Geir Arild Espnes
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Stress And Health

This study investigated the associations between sex, age, socio-economic status, stress, sense of coherence (SOC), and health (mental wellbeing, depressive symptoms, self-rated health, and subjective health complaints) in Norwegian adolescents aged 13–19 years. Furthermore, the study investigated the potential protective or compensatory role from SOC on the association between stress and health. Methods: The study was based on a cross-sectional sample of 1233 adolescents. Data were analyzed with descriptive, comparative, and multiple linear regression analyses. Results: Girls reported significantly higher scores on depressive symptoms and subjective health complaints than boys. Stress was significantly and positively associated with depressive symptoms. SOC associated significantly with all outcome variables; and especially with mental wellbeing and depressive symptoms. Significant interaction effects of sex in combination with stress and SOC were found in association with depression and mental wellbeing. Associations were strongest for girls. Conclusion: The findings provided support for the significant role of SOC as a coping resource, especially in relation to adolescents’ mental health; weaker associations were found with subjective health complains and self-rated health. The findings also mainly supported a compensatory role of SOC on the association between stress and health during adolescence.

scholarly journals Long term sick leave, subjective health complaints and sense of coherence, a cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1308082
Author(s):  
Hilde Stendal Robinson ◽  
Camilla Coward ◽  
Wenche S. Bjorbækmo ◽  
Eva Langeland ◽  
Albert Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional

Gender differences in subjective health complaints in adolescence: The roles of self-esteem, stress from schoolwork and body dissatisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Aanesen ◽  
Eivind Meland ◽  
Steffen Torp
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
And Gender

Aims: The aims of this study were to examine subjective health complaints among Norwegian adolescents and assess the development of gender differences in subjective health complaints between age 14 and 16; to investigate whether self-esteem, stress from schoolwork or body dissatisfaction affected adolescents’ subjective health complaints; and determine whether these factors could explain the excess of subjective health complaints among girls. Methods: We used multiple linear regression analyses to analyse longitudinal survey data from 751 Norwegian adolescents at the ages of 14 and 16. The results from various cross-sectional and prospective analyses were compared. Results: Girls reported more subjective health complaints than boys, and gender differences increased from age 14 to 16. Self-esteem and stress from schoolwork had cross-sectional and prospective associations with subjective health complaints. Stress from schoolwork at age 14 was also associated with changes in subjective health complaints from age 14 to 16. The cross-sectional mediation analyses indicated that self-esteem and stress from schoolwork accounted for 61% of the excess of subjective health complaints among girls at age 16. The same variables measured at age 14 accounted for 24% of the gender differences in subjective health complaints two years later. The investigated factors could not account for the increase in gender differences in subjective health complaints between ages 14 and 16. Conclusions: The findings showed that self-esteem and stress from schoolwork were associated with subjective health complaints during adolescence. These factors could partially explain the excess of subjective health complaints among girls.

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