Nichols Tracy R, Birnbaum Amanda S, Bryant Kylie, Botvin Gilbert J
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Health and Human Performance, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2009 Jun;36(3):570-82. doi: 10.1177/1090198107313472. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
Research has begun to show associations between adolescents' mealtime practices and their engagement in problem behaviors. Few studies have addressed this longitudinally and/or examined lunchtime practices during the school day. This study tests for associations between urban multiethnic middle school students' (N = 1498) lunchtime practices in the sixth grade and their engagement in problem behaviors by eighth grade. Positive associations were found between not eating lunch at school in the sixth grade and increased drug use and delinquency by eighth grade. Eating lunch outside of school was found to be significantly associated with smoking and marijuana use only. Gender differences in associations between lunchtime practices and problem behaviors were suggested. Implications for school policy and prevention efforts are discussed.
研究已开始揭示青少年用餐习惯与其问题行为之间的关联。很少有研究对此进行纵向研究，和/或考察上学日的午餐习惯。本研究检验了城市多民族中学生（N = 1498）六年级时的午餐习惯与八年级时问题行为之间的关联。研究发现，六年级不在学校吃午餐与八年级时吸毒和犯罪行为增加呈正相关。仅发现校外吃午餐与吸烟和吸食大麻有显著关联。研究还表明了午餐习惯与问题行为之间关联存在性别差异。本文讨论了对学校政策和预防工作的启示。
