TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with clusters of co-occurring health-related behaviours among adolescents
AU - Klein Velderman, Mariska
AU - Dusseldorp, Elise
AU - van Nieuwenhuijzen, Maroesjka
AU - Junger, Marianne
AU - Paulussen, Theo G.W.M.
AU - Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
N1 - Article in press
PY - 2015/5/14
Y1 - 2015/5/14
N2 - Background: Adverse health-related behaviours (HRBs) have been shown to co-occur in adolescents. Evidence lacks on factors associated with these co-occurring HRBs. The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI) offers a route to categorize these determinants according to type (social, cultural and intrapersonal) and distance in the causal pathway (ultimate or distal). Our aims were to identify cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with co-occurring HRBs and to assess the relative importance of ultimate and distal factors for each cluster of co-occurring HRBs. Methods: Respondents concerned a random sample of 898 adolescents aged 12–18 years, stratified by age, sex and educational level of head of household. Data were collected via face-to-face computer-assisted interviewing and internet questionnaires. Analyses were performed for young (12–15 years) and late (16–18 years) adolescents regarding two and three clusters of HRB, respectively. Results: For each cluster of HRBs (e.g. smoking, delinquency), associated factors were found. These accounted for 27 to 57% of the total variance per cluster. Factors came in particular from the intrapersonal stream of the TTI at the ultimate level and the social stream at the distal level. Associations were strongest for parenting practices, risk behaviours of friends and parents and self-control. Conclusion: Results of this study confirm that it is possible to identify a selection of cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with co-occurring HRBs among adolescents
AB - Background: Adverse health-related behaviours (HRBs) have been shown to co-occur in adolescents. Evidence lacks on factors associated with these co-occurring HRBs. The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI) offers a route to categorize these determinants according to type (social, cultural and intrapersonal) and distance in the causal pathway (ultimate or distal). Our aims were to identify cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with co-occurring HRBs and to assess the relative importance of ultimate and distal factors for each cluster of co-occurring HRBs. Methods: Respondents concerned a random sample of 898 adolescents aged 12–18 years, stratified by age, sex and educational level of head of household. Data were collected via face-to-face computer-assisted interviewing and internet questionnaires. Analyses were performed for young (12–15 years) and late (16–18 years) adolescents regarding two and three clusters of HRB, respectively. Results: For each cluster of HRBs (e.g. smoking, delinquency), associated factors were found. These accounted for 27 to 57% of the total variance per cluster. Factors came in particular from the intrapersonal stream of the TTI at the ultimate level and the social stream at the distal level. Associations were strongest for parenting practices, risk behaviours of friends and parents and self-control. Conclusion: Results of this study confirm that it is possible to identify a selection of cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with co-occurring HRBs among adolescents
KW - 2024 OA procedure
U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/cku051
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/cku051
M3 - Article
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 25
SP - 31
EP - 37
JO - European journal of public health
JF - European journal of public health
IS - 1
ER -