Emotional and behavioral problems associated with health-risk behaviors in preschool children
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200706-00975
- VernacularTitle:学龄前儿童健康危害行为与情绪行为问题的关联研究
- Author:
Wenwen LIU
1
;
Xiaoyan WU
;
Shuman TAO
;
Peng DING
;
Menglong GENG
;
Fangbiao TAO
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学公共卫生学院儿少卫生与妇幼保健学系 出生人口健康教育部重点实验室 国家卫生健康委配子及生殖道异常研究重点实验室 人口健康与优生安徽省重点实验室，合肥 230032
- Keywords:
Child, preschool;
Health behavior;
Behavior problems
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(11):1255-1260
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between multiple health-risk behaviors and emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children.Method:From October to November 2017, 27 987 children aged 3 to 6 years from 109 kindergartens of 11 cities from Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were selected by using the cluster sampling method. Finally, 27 200 valid questionnaires were collected. A questionnaire was used to investigate the demographic characteristics, video time and outdoor activities, eating behavior, sleep time, emotional and behavioral problems of parents and children. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to quantify the association between multiple health-risk behaviors and emotional and behavioral problems.Results:Emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, total difficulties and prosocial behavior abnormalities were detected in 9.5% (2 587), 9.5% (2 590), 18.2% (4 958), 24.5% (6 670), 11.2% (3 058) and 10.2% (2 770), respectively. Three groups of low, medium and high scores of multiple health-risk behaviors were accounted for 30.6% (8 316), 60.9% (16 568) and 8.5% (2 316), respectively. Multivariate logistic regression model analysis showed that after controlling for the confounding factors, compared with those in the low score group, preschool children in the middle and high score groups had higher risks of emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, total difficulties and prosocial behavior (all Pvalues<0.05). Conclusion:Health-risk behaviors are associated with the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.
