Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
J Adolesc Health. 2022 Jul;71(1):55-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.02.017. Epub 2022 Apr 13.
This study aims to identify distinct typologies of joint family activities and the associations with mental health and wellbeing among adolescents across four countries from the World Health Organization European region.
The 2017/2018 data from adolescents from Armenia (n = 3,977, M = 13.5 ± 1.6 years, 53.4% female), Czechia (n = 10,656, M = 13.4 ± 1.7, 50.1% female), Russia (n = 4,096, M = 13.8 ± 1.7, 52.4% female), and Slovakia (n = 3,282, M = 13.4 ± 1.5, 51.0% female) were collected in schools. The respondents self-reported their participation in joint family leisure-time activities, life satisfaction, psychological and somatic complaints, as well as a range of demographic and family situational factors. Stratified by countries, latent class analysis identified typologies of joint family activities, and logistic regression models explored cross-sectional associations with life satisfaction, and psychological and somatic complaints.
Three typologies were identified across each of the four countries, distinguished by low, moderate, and high levels of family engagement. Adolescents with higher family engagement generally reported greater life satisfaction and fewer psychological complaints compared to those with lower family engagement. Russian adolescents in the high family engagement typology reported fewer somatic complaints compared to those with low family engagement. In addition, adolescents from Czechia and Russia showing moderate family engagement also reported fewer psychological complaints compared to those in the low family engagement typology.
Our findings from four countries suggest that adolescents with high family engagement have greater life satisfaction and fewer psychological complaints, pointing toward a need for interventions to support family engagement among adolescents. Further research is needed to fully explore underlying mechanisms.
本研究旨在确定家庭集体活动的不同类型，以及这些类型在世界卫生组织欧洲区域的四个国家青少年中的心理健康和幸福感之间的关联。
2017/2018 年，在亚美尼亚（n=3977，M=13.5±1.6 岁，53.4%为女性）、捷克（n=10656，M=13.4±1.7 岁，50.1%为女性）、俄罗斯（n=4096，M=13.8±1.7 岁，52.4%为女性）和斯洛伐克（n=3282，M=13.4±1.5 岁，51.0%为女性）的学校中收集了青少年的数据。受访者自我报告了他们参与家庭集体休闲活动、生活满意度、心理和躯体抱怨，以及一系列人口统计学和家庭情况因素。按国家分层，潜在类别分析确定了家庭集体活动的类型，逻辑回归模型探讨了与生活满意度以及心理和躯体抱怨的横断面关联。
在四个国家中的每一个国家，都确定了三种类型，以家庭参与度的高低来区分。与家庭参与度较低的青少年相比，家庭参与度较高的青少年通常报告生活满意度更高，心理抱怨更少。与家庭参与度较低的青少年相比，俄罗斯青少年在高家庭参与度类型中报告的躯体抱怨更少。此外，表现出中等家庭参与度的捷克和俄罗斯青少年与低家庭参与度类型的青少年相比，心理抱怨也更少。
我们从四个国家的研究结果表明，家庭参与度高的青少年生活满意度更高，心理抱怨更少，这表明需要干预措施来支持青少年的家庭参与度。需要进一步研究以充分探索潜在机制。
