Trial reportPloS one2014
Covariance among multiple health risk behaviors in adolescents.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multiple Health Risk Behaviors in Young Adult Smokers: Stages of Change and Stability over Time.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Trial
- The Association Between Recreational Cannabis Use and 24-hour Movement Behaviours: Perceptions of Youth Citizen Scientists.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- Adolescent Self-Reflection Process Through Self-Recording on Multiple Health Metrics: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Analyzing risky behaviors among different minority and majority race in teenagers in the USA using latent classes.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of a school-based nutrition education program on waist circumference and dietary behavior among overweight adolescents in Puducherry, India.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Developing Health Lifestyle Pathways and Social Inequalities across Early Childhood.Population research and policy review · 2021Article
- Contributions and Challenges in Health Lifestyles Research.Journal of health and social behavior · 2021Article
- A Multiple Health Behavior Change, Self-Monitoring Mobile App for Adolescents: Development and Usability Study of the Health4Life App.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- A structural equation modeling approach to understanding pathways linking survivorship care plans to survivor-level outcomes.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Article
- Declining health risk exposure among Chicago public high school students: Trends from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1997-2017.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Multiple Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescents: Co-Design and User Testing of the Health4Life School-Based Program.JMIR formative research · 2020Article
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- An examination of how age of onset for alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco are associated with physical activity, screen time and BMI as students are preparing to graduate from high school.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Clustering of Multiple Risk Behaviors Among a Sample of 18-Year-Old Australians and Associations With Mental Health Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Perspectives on Underlying Factors for Unhealthy Diet and Sedentary Lifestyle of Adolescents at a Kenyan Coastal Setting.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Derivation of some contemporary scales to measure adolescent risk-taking in Canada.International journal of public health · 2018Article
- Prevalence of Health-risk Behaviors among Government Schools' Students in Jordan.Iranian journal of public health · 2017Article
- Clustering of risk-related modifiable behaviours and their association with overweight and obesity among a large sample of youth in the COMPASS study.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Social Determinants and Health Behaviors: Conceptual Frames and Empirical Advances.Current opinion in psychology · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeIn a diverse group of early adolescents, this study explores the co-occurrence of a broad range of health risk behaviors: alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use; physical inactivity; sedentary computing/gaming; and the consumption of low-nutrient energy-dense food. We tested differences in the associations of unhealthy behaviors over time, and by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
methodsParticipants were 8360 students from 16 middle schools in California (50% female; 52% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 16% White, and 15% Black/multiethnic/other). Behaviors were measured with surveys in Spring 2010 and Spring 2011. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess if an underlying factor accounted for the covariance of multiple behaviors, and composite reliability methods were used to determine the degree to which behaviors were related.
resultsThe measured behaviors were explained by two moderately correlated factors: a 'substance use risk factor' and an 'unhealthy eating and sedentary factor'. Physical inactivity did not reflect the latent factors as expected. There were few differences in the associations among these behaviors over time or by demographic characteristics.
conclusionsTwo distinct, yet related groups of health compromising behaviors were identified that could be jointly targeted in multiple health behavior change interventions among early adolescents of diverse backgrounds.
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