Department of Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
BMC Psychol. 2021 Nov 8;9(1):175. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00677-5.
The parent-adolescent relationship plays a key role in adolescent development, including behaviour, physical health, and mental health outcomes. Studies on the parental factors that contribute to an adolescent's dietary habits, exercise, mental health, physical harm and substance use are limited in the Middle East and North Africa region, with none in Oman. This study aims to investigate the association between parental involvement and adolescent well-being in Oman.
Cross-sectional data from the 2015 Global School Health Survey for Oman was analysed. The dataset consisted of 3468 adolescents. Adolescents reported on their parental involvement (checking to see if they did their homework, understanding their problems, knowing what they are doing in their free time and not going through their things without permission). Parental involvement was scored on a 20-point scale. Associations with the following dependent variables: nutrition, exercise, hygiene, physical harm, bullying, substance use, tobacco use and mental health well-being were done using Spearman's correlations, linear and logistic regressions.
The surveyed population was 48% male, 65% aged 15 to 17 years old and 5% reported that they "most of the time or always" went hungry. Parental involvement was positively correlated with each of the dependent variables. Adolescents with higher parental involvement had significantly higher odds of good nutrition (1.391), hygiene (1.823) and exercise (1.531) and lower odds of physical harm (0.648), being bullied (0.628), poor mental health (0.415), tobacco use (0.496) and substance use (0.229).
Parental involvement plays a positive role in all aspects of adolescents' well-being in Oman. Awareness campaigns and interventions aimed to help improve the well-being of adolescents should incorporate such positive role in their designs.
亲子关系在青少年发展中起着关键作用，包括行为、身体健康和心理健康结果。在中东和北非地区，关于父母因素如何影响青少年饮食习惯、锻炼、心理健康、身体伤害和物质使用的研究有限，阿曼尚无此类研究。本研究旨在探讨阿曼父母参与度与青少年健康之间的关系。
对阿曼 2015 年全球学校卫生调查的横断面数据进行了分析。该数据集包括 3468 名青少年。青少年报告了他们的父母参与度（检查他们是否做了家庭作业、理解他们的问题、了解他们在空闲时间做什么以及未经允许不翻阅他们的东西）。父母参与度的评分为 20 分制。使用 Spearman 相关分析、线性和逻辑回归分析了与以下因变量的关联：营养、锻炼、卫生、身体伤害、欺凌、物质使用、烟草使用和心理健康。
调查人群中 48%为男性，65%年龄在 15 至 17 岁之间，5%报告他们“大部分时间或总是”感到饥饿。父母参与度与每个因变量均呈正相关。父母参与度较高的青少年在营养良好（1.391）、卫生（1.823）和锻炼（1.531）方面的几率显著较高，而在身体伤害（0.648）、被欺凌（0.628）、心理健康不佳（0.415）、吸烟（0.496）和物质使用（0.229）方面的几率较低。
在阿曼，父母参与度对青少年健康的各个方面都起着积极的作用。旨在帮助改善青少年健康的宣传活动和干预措施应将这种积极作用纳入其设计之中。
