Carter Melissa, McGee Rob, Taylor Barry, Williams Sheila
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
J Adolesc. 2007 Feb;30(1):51-62. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.04.002. Epub 2006 Jun 30.
To examine the associations between connectedness to family and friends, and school engagement, and selected health compromising and health promoting behaviours in a sample of New Zealand adolescents.
A web-based survey was designed and administered to a random sample of 652 Year 11 students aged 16 years from all Dunedin (NZ) high schools between 30th July and 31st October 2001. Connectedness to family and friends, and school engagement were assessed, together with reports of various health compromising and health promoting behaviours. Logistic regression was used to determine the extent to which these family, friends and school variables were related to health compromising and health promoting behaviours.
School engagement was strongly related to both low levels of health compromising and high levels of health promoting behaviours. Connectedness to family was associated primarily with fewer reports of suicidal ideation and increased reports of physical activity. Connectedness to friends was associated in the main with increased reports of health compromising behaviours.
This study reinforces the importance of school and family as support networks for young people. School may well play an especially important role in health promotion among young people. The mechanisms by which engagement with school operates need to be explored further.
在新西兰青少年样本中，研究与家人和朋友的联系、学校参与度，以及选定的危害健康和促进健康行为之间的关联。
2001年7月30日至10月31日期间，设计并实施了一项基于网络的调查，对来自新西兰达尼丁所有高中的652名16岁的11年级学生进行随机抽样。评估了与家人和朋友的联系、学校参与度，以及各种危害健康和促进健康行为的报告。使用逻辑回归来确定这些家庭、朋友和学校变量与危害健康和促进健康行为的相关程度。
学校参与度与低水平的危害健康行为和高水平的促进健康行为密切相关。与家人的联系主要与较少的自杀意念报告和增加的体育活动报告相关。与朋友的联系主要与增加的危害健康行为报告相关。
本研究强化了学校和家庭作为年轻人支持网络的重要性。学校在促进年轻人健康方面可能发挥特别重要的作用。需要进一步探索学校参与运作的机制。
