Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries

Objective: Parental and peer support are both associated with mental distress and unhealthy behaviour indices in adolescents.Methods: We used the Global School-Based Student Health Survey data (n = 192,633) from 53 countries and calculated the weighted prevalence of individual and combined parental...

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Main Authors: Lian Li, Guodong Xu, Dongsheng Zhou, Ping Song, Yucheng Wang, Guolin Bian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:International Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604648/full
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author Lian Li
Guodong Xu
Dongsheng Zhou
Ping Song
Yucheng Wang
Guolin Bian
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Guodong Xu
Dongsheng Zhou
Ping Song
Yucheng Wang
Guolin Bian
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description Objective: Parental and peer support are both associated with mental distress and unhealthy behaviour indices in adolescents.Methods: We used the Global School-Based Student Health Survey data (n = 192,633) from 53 countries and calculated the weighted prevalence of individual and combined parental and peer support. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the adjusted associations between combined parental and peer support with mental distress and unhealthy behaviours.Results: The prevalence figures for having all four categories of parental support and two peer-support were 9.7% and 38.4%, respectively. Compared with no parental support, adolescents with all four parental support negatively associated with all five mental distress and eight unhealthy behaviours factors, and the ORs ranged from 0.19 to 0.75. Additionally, adolescents with two peer support were negative association with all mental distress and four health risk behaviours, and positively associated with a sedentary lifestyle.Conclusion: Parental and peer support were lacking in some countries, while greater parental and peer support were negative associated with mental distress and most unhealthy behaviours in adolescents, and the relationships were independent.
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spelling doaj.art-9ed12757e3d64bd1ac7b294a584f77d52022-12-22T04:13:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642022-10-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16046481604648Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 CountriesLian Li0Guodong Xu1Dongsheng Zhou2Ping Song3Yucheng Wang4Guolin Bian5Ningbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaNingbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaNingbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaNingbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaNingbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaNingbo Kangning Hospital, Ningbo, ChinaObjective: Parental and peer support are both associated with mental distress and unhealthy behaviour indices in adolescents.Methods: We used the Global School-Based Student Health Survey data (n = 192,633) from 53 countries and calculated the weighted prevalence of individual and combined parental and peer support. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the adjusted associations between combined parental and peer support with mental distress and unhealthy behaviours.Results: The prevalence figures for having all four categories of parental support and two peer-support were 9.7% and 38.4%, respectively. Compared with no parental support, adolescents with all four parental support negatively associated with all five mental distress and eight unhealthy behaviours factors, and the ORs ranged from 0.19 to 0.75. Additionally, adolescents with two peer support were negative association with all mental distress and four health risk behaviours, and positively associated with a sedentary lifestyle.Conclusion: Parental and peer support were lacking in some countries, while greater parental and peer support were negative associated with mental distress and most unhealthy behaviours in adolescents, and the relationships were independent.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604648/fulladolescentsmental distressparental supportpeer supportunhealthy behaviours
spellingShingle Lian Li
Guodong Xu
Dongsheng Zhou
Ping Song
Yucheng Wang
Guolin Bian
Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
International Journal of Public Health
adolescents
mental distress
parental support
peer support
unhealthy behaviours
title Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
title_full Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
title_fullStr Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
title_full_unstemmed Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
title_short Prevalences of Parental and Peer Support and Their Independent Associations With Mental Distress and Unhealthy Behaviours in 53 Countries
title_sort prevalences of parental and peer support and their independent associations with mental distress and unhealthy behaviours in 53 countries
topic adolescents
mental distress
parental support
peer support
unhealthy behaviours
url https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604648/full
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