Do health-promoting lifestyle approaches manage mental health among adolescent/young college students?
Int J Adolesc Med Health
; 36(2): 177-186, 2024 Apr 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
College students are often still relatively young, making their mental health more likely to be overlooked. A healthy lifestyle is considered the key to preventing and controlling mental health problems nowadays. This study aimed to investigate whether health-promoting lifestyle approaches manage mental health among adolescent/young college students.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 187 adolescent/young college students at Babol Medical Science University, Babol, Iran. Characteristic demographics, health-promoting lifestyle profile (HPLP), and general health questionnaire-28(GHQ-28) were filled out by students. The data were analyzed using correlation coefficient and simple and multiple linear regressions.RESULTS:
The majority of participants were adolescents (66.8%), single (97.9%), and bachelor's students (70.1%). The mean of the HPLP and GHQ scores was 125.09±18.12, and 33.58±10.50, respectively. HPLP was a negative significant predictor of mental health (ß = -.261, P= .0001). There was a negative significant association between HPLP dimensions (except physical activity) and mental health. After adjusting for other variables, there was a significant relationship between HPLP with mother occupation (ß =.186, P=.038), and mother education (ß = -.219, P= .034). Furthermore, gender (ß = .175, P= .031), and occupation (ß =-.157, P= .040) were predictors of GHQ in adolescent/young college students.CONCLUSIONS:
Regarding the health-promoting lifestyle situation among students and its relation with the better mental health, the design and implementation of HPLP education programs is recommended.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estilo de Vida Saludable
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Promoción de la Salud
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Adolesc Med Health
Asunto de la revista:
PEDIATRIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán