A new integrated approach for adolescent health and well-being: the AVATAR project.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101153626 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1477-7525 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14777525 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Qual Life Outcomes Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, c2003-
    • Subject Terms:
      Adolescent Health* ; Health Status*; Quality of Life/*psychology; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Italy ; Male ; Parent-Child Relations ; Peer Group ; Social Support ; Students/psychology
    • Abstract:
      Background: Limited number of studies examined the relationship between factors (lifestyle, social, emotional, cognitive) affecting adolescents' health and well-being. The aims of this study were to identify the more important variables of the different components affecting adolescents' health [lifestyle habits (LH); emotional status (ES); social context (SC); and cognitive abilities (CA)], and explore the relationship between the aforementioned components.
      Methods: Data were collected between 2017 and 2018 from 756 eligible students, recruited from 5 Italian junior high school, by using KIDSCREEN-52 and cognitive processing using the Stroop Test. School engagement was estimated through questions concerning the scholastic achievement.
      Results: Of 756 adolescents, 395 were boys with a mean (SD) age of 12.19 (0.81) years. Compared to International T-value of reference group for KIDSCREEN-52, autonomy, bullying, psychological well-being and mood were lower than the reference groups, while self-perception score was higher. For LH, the most important predictor was autonomy (p < .0001). The most important aspects in the SC were the relationship with the parents (p < .0001), and the adolescent's relationships with peers (p < .0001). For ES, mood variables had the greatest contribution (p < .0001). The School performance related to Language & Literature (p < .0001) was the most important predictor in the CA latent variable. LH was positively associated with SC (p < .0001), ES (p < .0001), and CA (p < .0001). SC was positively associated with ES (p < .0001) and with CA (p < .0001).
      Conclusions: This study suggests the importance of an integrated approach to characterize adolescents' health and well-being. The approach suggested here may highlight additive synergistic effects of the various components in health and well-being assessment that may not be considered with a late approach and focused only on single factors.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Adolescent; Cognitive abilities; Emotions; Health; Lifestyle; Social context; Well-being
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200320 Date Completed: 20200824 Latest Revision: 20200824
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7079457
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12955-020-01291-6
    • Accession Number:
      32188459