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Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour : an evolutionary approach
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dc.contributor.author | Whitehead, Ross David | |
dc.contributor.author | Currie, Dorothy Bruce | |
dc.contributor.author | Inchley, Jo | |
dc.contributor.author | Currie, Candace | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-20T23:32:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-20T23:32:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Whitehead , R D , Currie , D B , Inchley , J & Currie , C 2015 , ' Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour : an evolutionary approach ' , International Journal of Public Health , vol. 60 , no. 5 , pp. 599-608 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-8556 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 192599609 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 9eadf9db-636b-43e9-9de9-ac9189b450a5 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84933183340 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7321-9394/work/60196036 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000356809400009 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8322-8817/work/65014244 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/8846 | |
dc.description | This research was funded by NHS Health Scotland. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives. Previous research finds adolescents expecting to attend university are more likely to demonstrate health-promoting behaviour than those not expecting university attendance. This suggests public health improvements may be achievable by encouraging adolescents to adopt academic goals. We investigate confounders of this putative relationship, focusing on those identified by evolutionary theory. Methods. Multi-level logistic regression was used to analyse the 2010 Scottish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey (n = 1834). Results. Adolescents anticipating university attendance exhibited higher levels of engagement in health-protective behaviours (fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise and tooth brushing) and were more likely to avoid health-damaging behaviours (crisps, soft drink and alcohol consumption, tobacco and cannabis use, fighting and intercourse). These relationships persisted when controlling indicators of life history trajectory (pubertal timing, socioeconomic status and father absence). Pupil level: gender, age, perceived academic achievement and peer/family communication and school level: university expectations, affluence, leavers’ destinations, exam performance and school climate were also adjusted. Conclusions. Encouraging adolescents to consider an academic future may achieve public health benefits, despite social factors that might otherwise precipitate poor health via an accelerated life history trajectory. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Public Health | en |
dc.rights | © 2015, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.springer.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 | en |
dc.subject | Temporal orientation | en |
dc.subject | Academic expectations | en |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en |
dc.subject | Health behaviour | en |
dc.subject | Risk behaviour | en |
dc.subject | Life history theory | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.title | Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour : an evolutionary approach | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. WHO Collaborating Centre for International Child & Adolescent Health Policy | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2016-05-21 | |
dc.identifier.url | http://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs00038-015-0692-9/MediaObjects/38_2015_692_MOESM1_ESM.pdf | en |
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