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Do health-promoting lifestyle approaches manage mental health among adolescent/young college students?

Published:2024-04-01 Issue:2 Volume:36 Page:177-186
ISSN:2191-0278
Container-title:International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
language:en
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Author:

Omidvar Shabnam¹^ORCID,Khajavi Nazanin²^ORCID,Pasha Hajar¹³^ORCID,Mohsenzadeh Ledari Farideh¹^ORCID,Sepidarkish Mahdi³⁴^ORCID,Adib-Rad Hajar¹⁵^ORCID,Ezoji Khadijeh¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. 114456 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences , Babol , Iran

2. 114456 Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences , Babol , Iran

3. 114456 Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences , Babol , Iran

4. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology , 114456 School of Public Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences , Babol , Iran

5. Population, Family and Spiritual Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Sciences , Babol , Iran

Abstract

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 (β = -.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 (β =.186, P=.038), and mother education (β = -.219, P= .034). Furthermore, gender (β = .175, P= .031), and occupation (β =-.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.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijamh-2024-0026/pdf

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