Analyzing Changes and Determinants of Self-rated Health during Adolescence: A Latent Growth Analysis.
10.4094/chnr.2018.24.4.496
- Author:
You Jung CHOI
1
;
Hae Young KIM
Author Information
1. Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Adolescent health;
Diagnostic self evaluation;
Health status disparities;
Longitudinal studies
- MeSH:
Adolescent Health;
Adolescent*;
Aggression;
Depression;
Diagnostic Self Evaluation;
Health Status Disparities;
Humans;
Leisure Activities;
Longitudinal Studies;
Mothers;
Motor Activity;
Psychology;
Self Concept
- From:Child Health Nursing Research
2018;24(4):496-505
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine changes in the self-rated health of adolescents and to identify its predictors using longitudinal data from the KCYPS. METHODS: A sample of 2,351 adolescents who were in the first grade of middle school in 2010 was analyzed. The study employed latent growth analysis using data from 2010 to 2016. RESULTS: Results indicated that self-rated health of adolescents increased, following the form of a linear function. The analyses revealed that adolescent self-perception of health were conceptualized not only by their health-related behaviors, but also by personal, socioeconomic and psychological factors. Specifically, physical activity, passive leisure time activities, gender (initial: b=−.060, slope: b=.030), place of residence (initial: b=−.079), self-rated economic condition (b=.098), working status of mother (b=.016), monthly family income (b=−.001), aggression (b=.061), depression (initial: b=−.104, slope: b=.012), stress (initial: b=−.172, slope: b=.014, ego-resiliency (initial: b=.197, slope: b=−.021), and self-esteem (initial: b=.106, slope: b=−.017) had significant effects on the overall linear change of self-rated health (p < .05 for all estimators above). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that adolescents' self evaluation of their health is shaped by their total sense of functioning, which includes individual, health-related behavioral, socioeconomic, and psychological factors.
