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Lifestyle and Addictive Behaviors Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Wuhan, and Zhuhai-a First Cross-subculture Assessment.
- Source :
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine; Oct2016, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p561-570, 10p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Purpose: This study aimed at assessing the differences in prevalence rates of common health behavior among adolescents in the five Chinese cities and the influential factors at the contextual and individual levels. Method: We compared the standardized rates of three lifestyle behaviors (sedentary, dietary, and physical activity) and three addictive behaviors (cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and participation in gambling) among a sample of 13,950 adolescents. The sample was randomly selected from five cities, including Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Zhuhai, and Wuhan. Population size, GDP per capita, and literacy at the city level as well as parental monitoring and school performance at the student's level were assessed. Multi-level mixed effect models were used to examine the interaction of individual level factors with study sites. Results: The six health behaviors differed significantly across sites with the highest rates of alcohol consumption in Hong Kong (39.5 %), of cigarette smoking in Macau (9.8 %), and of gambling in Taipei (37.1 %) and Hong Kong (35.9 %). The city-level measures were associated with only a few behavioral measures. Relative to Hong Kong, parental monitoring had stronger association with the three addictive behaviors in the other sites. Conclusion: Findings suggest that although the study sites share similar Chinese culture, students in the five cities differed from each other with regard to levels of health behaviors. Relative to the broad socioeconomic development, differences in parental monitoring played a significant role in explaining the observed difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC achievement
COMPARATIVE studies
COMPULSIVE behavior
CONFIDENCE intervals
CULTURE
DIET
ALCOHOL drinking
GAMBLING
HEALTH behavior in adolescence
HEALTH promotion
PARENTS
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RISK-taking behavior
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
SMOKING
SURVEYS
MATHEMATICAL variables
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
LIFESTYLES
DISEASE prevalence
SEDENTARY lifestyles
PHYSICAL activity
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10705503
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118248070
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-016-9548-9