| Revista: | Revista brasileira de terapias cognitivas |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000326607 |
| ISSN: | 1808-5687 |
| Autores: | Matos, Margarida Gaspar de1 Calmeiro, Luis2 Batista-Foguet, Joan Manuel3 Loureiro, Nuno4 Mota, Jorge5 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisboa. Portugal 2Florida State University, Departamento of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Talahassee, Florida. Estados Unidos de América 3Universidad Ramón Llull, Barcelona. España 4Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Escola Superior de Educacao, Beja. Portugal 5Universidade do Porto, Porto. Portugal |
| Año: | 2007 |
| Periodo: | Ene-Jun |
| Volumen: | 3 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginación: | 12-27 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico |
| Resumen en inglés | Purpose: Adolescence can be associated with a tendency to engage in health damaging behaviour. The purpose of this study is to test whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are present in this age group, and to explore possible moderator variables. Methods: The database of the Portuguese Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC; Currie, Hurrelmann, Settertobulte, Smith & Todd, 2000) study was used comprising a nationally representative sample of 6131 adolescents attending the 6th, 8th and 10th grades (M = 14 years, SD = 1.85). Students answered a self-report questionnaire concerning health behaviours. Results: An Exploratory Factor Analysis with Promax Rotation yielded a factor solution consisting of four types of risk behaviours: psychological symptoms, substance use, weight inducers, and body concerns and inactivity. Younger students demonstrated the least risky behaviours. Females scored highest in psychological symptoms and body concerns, whereas males scored highest in substance abuse and weight inducers.Psychological symptoms and body concerns are higher among overweight and obese adolescents compared to normal weight adolescents. Conclusions: Adolescents already present a number of risk behaviours associated with CVD. This association is moderated by gender, age and Body Mass Index (BMI). Implications are discussed |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Cardiología, Riesgo cardiovascular, Adolescentes, Salud |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
