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Bleil ME, Roisman GI, Hamilton DT, Magro SW, Appelhans BM, Gregorich SE, Booth-LaForce C, Pianta RC. Which aspects of education are health protective? a life course examination of early education and adulthood cardiometabolic health in the 30-year study of early child care and Youth Development (SECCYD). BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1092. [PMID: 38641792 PMCID: PMC11031877 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18560-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Past research describes robust associations between education and health, yet findings have generally been limited to the examination of education as the number of years of education or educational attainment. Little is known about the specific features or processes underpinning education that are health protective. The objective of the current study was to address this gap by examining specific aspects of early education pertaining to student characteristics and experiences, as well as features of the classroom environment, in predicting cardiometabolic health in adulthood. METHODS Subjects were 1364 participants in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD, 1991-2009) and recent SECCYD 30-year follow-up, the Study of Health in Early and Adult Life (SHINE, 2018-2022). Models examined individual education indicators (student social skills, student-teacher relationship quality, and classroom emotional and instructional quality in the period of elementary school and student academic performance between ages 54 months and 15 years) in relation to a composite of cardiometabolic risk in adulthood (ages 26-31), reflecting central adiposity, blood pressure, insulin resistance, inflammation, and dyslipidemia. Models were adjusted for key explanatory factors including socio-demographics, infant characteristics, parental socioeconomic status (SES), and child health status. Follow-up analyses were performed to test potential mediators of early education effects on adult health, including adult SES (educational attainment, household income) and health behaviors (diet quality, activity level, sleep duration, smoking). RESULTS In adjusted models, results showed greater student social skills, indexed by a mean of annual teacher ratings between kindergarten and 6th grade, predicted lower cardiometabolic risk in adulthood (β=-0.009, p <.05). In follow-up analyses, results showed the protective effect of student social skills on cardiometabolic risk may be mediated by adult income (β=-0.0014, p <.05) and diet quality (β=-0.0031, p <.05). Effects of the other early education indicators were non-significant (ps > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Findings point to the potential significance of early student social competence as a link to long-term health, possibly via the acquisition of resources needed for the maintenance of health, as well as through engagement in health behaviors supporting healthy eating. However, more research is needed to replicate these findings and to elaborate on the role of early student social competence and the pathways explaining its effects on cardiometabolic health in adulthood.
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- Maria E Bleil
- Department of Child, Family, & Population Health Nursing, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, Box 357262, USA.
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Child, Family, & Population Health Nursing, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, Box 357262, USA
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- School of Education & Human Development, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Juneau C, Fall E, Bros J, Le Duc-Banaszuk AS, Michel M, Bruel S, Marie Dit Asse L, Kalecinski J, Bonnay S, Mueller JE, Thilly N, Gagneux-Brunon A, Gauchet A. Do boys have the same intentions to get the HPV vaccine as girls? Knowledge, attitudes, and intentions in France. Vaccine 2024; 42:2628-2636. [PMID: 38490822 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND The vaccine coverage against human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remains low in France. The objective of this study was to study adolescent perceptions by comparing boys and girls, in order to build effective school-based interventions. METHODS This paper presents a cross-sectional study in French middle school pupils. They completed online questionnaires on their knowledge and attitudes toward the HPV vaccine, HPV vaccination status, their intention, reasons to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, and psychological antecedents of vaccination. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was used to test the hypothesized model. RESULTS The participants are 818 pupils aged from 12 to 16 years (Mage = 13.78). Most pupils were in the pre-contemplative stage (62.7 % of boys and 40.8 % of girls). SEM analysis indicated that the relationship between the level of HPV knowledge, the representations of vaccines in general, and vaccine intention was mediated by attitudes towards the HPV vaccine among both boys and girls. CONCLUSIONS These findings reveal a high percentage of boys who do not feel concerned by the HPV vaccine and highlight the need to consider the psychological antecedents of vaccination in general in addition to the specific attitudes to the HPV vaccine.
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- Catherine Juneau
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, LIP/PC2S, Grenoble, France; Health Psychology Lab, McGill University, Montréal, France
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- Université de Lorraine, APEMAC, F-57000, Metz, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, LIP/PC2S, Grenoble, France
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- Université Paris Cité, ECEVE, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris / Hôpital Robert Debré, Unité d'épidémiologie clinique, Paris, France
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- CIC-Inserm, 1408 CHU de Saint-Etienne, France; Département de Médecine Générale, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Saint-Etienne-Université Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Institut Pasteur, F-75015 Paris, France; Univ. Rennes, EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes - UMR 6051, RSMS (Recherche sur les Services et Management en Santé) - U 1309 - F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Université de Lorraine, APEMAC, Nancy, France; Université de Lorraine, CHRU-Nancy, Département Méthodologie, Promotion, Investigation, Nancy, France
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- CIC 1408-Vaccinologie, CHU de Saint-Etienne, France; Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Team GIMAP, Univ Lyon, Université Jean Monnet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR530
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, LIP/PC2S, Grenoble, France.
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Jang H, Kim J. Peers' parental education and cardiovascular disease risk in adulthood: The mediating role of health-related behaviors. Soc Sci Med 2023; 320:115673. [PMID: 36652756 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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RATIONALE Although there is a growing body of empirical evidence on the relationship between peers' parental education and adolescents' educational outcomes, little is known about whether exposure to highly educated peers' parents is associated with improved physical health in adulthood. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the relationship between the education level of peers' parents (Wave I) and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood (Wave IV). Moreover, we considered a set of health-related behaviors (Wave II) as the underlying mechanisms linking peers' parental education to later-life physical health such as substance use (smoking, binge drinking, and marijuana use) and other lifestyle behaviors (physical activity, sedentary behavior, and unhealthy dietary habits). METHODS Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), spanning respondents' adolescence to adulthood, were used. To address the endogenous school selection problem and account for the unobserved school-level confounders, this study exploited quasi-experimental within-school/across-cohort variation in peer composition. To formally test for mediation, Sobel tests were conducted. RESULTS The results of this study revealed that independent of own parents' education levels, exposure to higher levels of peers' parental education is associated with a lower CVD risk score in adulthood. For a one-standard-deviation increase in peers' parental education-that is, about a 0.98-year increase in grademates' parental educational attainment, a CVD risk in adulthood increased by about 6.2%. Our mediation analyses showed that part of this association is explained by a decrease in substance use (27% for smoking, 10% for binge drinking, and 11% for marijuana use). In contrast, none of the other lifestyle behaviors evaluated significantly mediated the association. CONCLUSION The study's findings suggest that the role of peers' parents should not be overlooked when developing health-promoting interventions for adolescents. Policymakers and practitioners may wish to increase opportunities for students to benefit from health-related social learning from their peers' highly educated parents.
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- Hayun Jang
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Benner AD, Bakhtiari F, Wang Y, Schulenberg J. Party, Academic, or Prepped for College? School Norm Profiles and Adolescent Well-being using National Data. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2022; 32:1388-1403. [PMID: 34888967 PMCID: PMC9942785 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The current study examined how schoolwide norms came together into distinct profiles and how norm profile membership was linked to adolescent well-being. Using school-level (N = 786) and student-level data (N = 174,587 12th grade students; 52% female; 64% White, 13% Latino, 12% Black, 12% other) from Monitoring the Future (MTF), we identified four distinct school profiles-average, academic, prepped-for-college, party-that had unique patterns of shared norms. Compared with average schools, academic schools (high academics and low substance use and social integration norms) were most advantageous for students, prepped-for-college schools (high academics, substance use, and social integration norms) had both benefits and drawbacks, and party schools (low academics and high substance use and social integration norms) were most detrimental.
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- Aprile D. Benner
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University
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- Department of Psychology and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
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Wang X, Jin Y, Tian M, Zhuo Q, Lin CL, Hu P, Wang T. Safe-Sex Behavioral Intention of Chinese College Students: Examining the Effect of Sexual Knowledge Using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Front Psychol 2022; 13:805371. [PMID: 35656495 PMCID: PMC9152212 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Numerous contemporary studies have examined safe sexual behavior among college students. In China, families are reluctant to discuss sexual behavior, thus understanding and exploring the sexual knowledge of college students and the promotion of safe sexual behavior is essential. On the basis of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), a cognitive behavioral theory that is widely used to predict human social behavior, we conducted an in-depth investigation of the factors influencing the sexual behavioral intentions of Chinese college students. We referenced the relevant literature to develop a TPB-based model for analyzing differences in sexual knowledge. Our statistical analysis revealed the following: (1) subjective norms and behavior control are key variables that influence the safe sexual behavior of college students; (2) attitudes and safe-sex behavioral intentions are influential in groups with extensive sexual knowledge; (3) behavioral control and subjective norms influence the differences in the comparative sexual knowledge of students. On the basis of the present results, we propose research recommendations and directions for the development of sex education in China.
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Bullies, victims, and meanies: the role of child and classmate social and emotional competencies. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11218-021-09684-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AbstractThis study used a personal oriented approach to identify distinct combinations of children’s experiences of bullying and victimisation in the Irish primary school context. The study investigated the social and emotional characteristics that predicted those profiles at individual and classroom levels. The sample of 2,062 participants was drawn from the Irish national cohort study Children’s School Lives. We analysed teacher reports of individual children’s strengths and difficulties and neglect, and child reports of experiences of bullying, victimisation, and care from classmates. Latent profile analysis revealed five main profiles of bullying and victimisation in Irish primary schools. Approximately 40% of the children were distributed in the atypical profiles (i.e., bullies, meanies, victims, and bully-victims) with the other 60% of children reporting very low levels of bullying and victimisation. Multilevel modelling predicted the profile membership from a set of social and emotional predictors from individual and classroom levels. At the individual level, being a bully was predicted by higher child neglect, hyperactivity, conduct problems, and peer problems; being a meanie was predicted by hyperactivity, peer problems, and less caring classmates; being a victim was predicted by child neglect, conduct problems, and less caring classmates; and being a bully-victim was predicted by conduct problems and less caring classmates. At the classroom level, being a victim was predicted by being in a classroom comprised of younger children, and in classrooms where children were less caring on average. Theoretical and psycho-educational implications are discussed.
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Park S, Oh S. Factors associated with preventive behaviors for COVID-19 among adolescents in South Korea. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 62:e69-e76. [PMID: 34301442 PMCID: PMC8270744 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE COVID-19's infection rate among adolescents is increasing; hence, it is important to prevent it as it can spread in the community through transmission in schools. It is crucial to determine the extent to which adolescents follow COVID-19 preventive measures and identify factors relating to such behaviors to implement more effective health education. This study aimed to understand factors related to COVID-19 preventive behaviors using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the health belief model (HBM) among adolescents in South Korea. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted among 272 adolescents in South Korea. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships between perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, intention, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. RESULTS Among adolescents' COVID-19 preventive behavior scores, wearing masks was the highest and distancing was the lowest. Adolescents' adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviors was directly or indirectly associated with their perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention. CONCLUSIONS Attention to mitigate social isolation is important to improve compliance with COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention explained 61.3% of adolescents' COVID-19 preventive behaviors, there is a need for education to promote relevant factors. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS To increase adolescent awareness of COVID-19 and increase attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control, nurses need to provide education including the evidence for COVID-19 preventive behavior to increase adolescents' understanding and active implementation of those behaviors.
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- Sunhee Park
- Barun ICT Research Center, Yonsei University, 50 Yonseiro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea
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- College of Nursing, Health and Nursing Research Institute, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province 63243, South Korea.
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Wong CA, Hakimi S, Santanam TS, Madanay F, Fridman I, Ford C, Patel M, Ubel PA. Applying Behavioral Economics to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health: A Developmentally-Sensitive Approach. J Adolesc Health 2021; 69:17-25. [PMID: 33288458 PMCID: PMC8175460 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Each day, adolescents and young adults (AYAs) choose to engage in behaviors that impact their current and future health. Behavioral economics represents an innovative lens through which to explore decision-making among AYAs. Behavioral economics outlines a diverse set of phenomena that influence decision-making and can be leveraged to develop interventions that may support behavior change. Up to this point, behavioral economic interventions have predominantly been studied in adults. This article provides an integrative review of how behavioral economic phenomena can be leveraged to motivate health-related behavior change among AYAs. We contextualize these phenomena in the physical and social environments unique to AYAs and the neurodevelopmental changes they undergo, highlighting opportunities to intervene in AYA-specific contexts. Our review of the literature suggests behavioral economic phenomena leveraging social choice are particularly promising for AYA health. Behavioral economic interventions that take advantage of AYA learning and development have the potential to positively impact youth health and well-being over the lifespan.
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- Charlene A Wong
- Division of Primary Care, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina; Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina
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- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Levine Science Research Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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- Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina
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- Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina
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- Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina; Fuqua School of Business, Durham North Carolina
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Lin CL, Ye Y, Lin P, Lai XL, Jin YQ, Wang X, Su YS. Safe Sexual Behavior Intentions among College Students: The Construction of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18126349. [PMID: 34208186 PMCID: PMC8296178 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sexual health education is an essential part of quality-oriented education for college students. It aims to help these students to acquire knowledge of sexual physiology, sexual psychology, and sexual social norms that is consistent with the maturity of the students. Along with college students’attitudes toward sex, their perceptions regarding sexual behavior have also undergone profound changes. The importance of safe sexual behavior, sexual taboos, and sexual autonomy are gaining increasing attention as Chinese society is becoming more open. For college students who have just reached adulthood and have full autonomy of themselves, however, are they really going to have sexual behavior without careful consideration? Or is it something they have planned to do in the first place? To answer the above questions, this study was conducted to understand the relationship between college students’ attitudes toward sex, subjective norms, and behavioral control of their sexual behavior intentions by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. In this study, 460 valid questionnaires were collected from Chinese college students and analyzed with partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). This study analyzes the relationship of multiple factors, including those influencing college students’ sexual behavior intentions. Meanwhile, it also compares the differences in factors affecting sexual behavior intentions between college students with or without sexual experience and those of different genders. Based on the results of the study, it was found that, first, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control of college students had a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions, while attitudes did not have a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions. Second, the gender and sexual experience of college students had a significant effect on safe sexual behavior intentions. Third, non-sexually experienced college students were more likely to be influenced by external factors. Relevant future research suggestions will be proposed based on the results of this study. Finally, this study helps to provide substantive suggestions for enhancing safe sexual behavior among college students in the context of universal higher education, as well as strengthening the self-protection of college students and providing practical advice for the development of sex education in China.
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- Chien-Liang Lin
- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi 315211, China; (C.-L.L.); (Y.Y.); (P.L.); (X.-L.L.); (Y.-Q.J.); (X.W.)
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
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Karen Bluth: The Self-Compassionate Teen: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice. J Youth Adolesc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10964-020-01368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Wut TM, Ng P, Kan HKM, Fong CS. Does gender matter? Attitude towards waste charging policy and pro-environmental behaviours. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1108/srj-03-2020-0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
A waste charging policy had been implemented in major Asian cities like Taipei and Seoul years ago. Hong Kong is not yet to charge household rubbish, which is one of the major municipal solid waste sources. Landfill places will be exhausted in a year or two in the city. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of waste charging policies by exploring relationships among social norms, lifestyles, attitudes towards waste charging policy and pro-environmental behaviour.
Design/methodology/approach
Purposeful sampling was used in this study to recruit university students to take part in the survey. Purposeful sampling helps to make a “highly credible sample” (Gall et al., 2006, p.185). This study distributed questionnaires to respondents aged over 18 years. Among them, there were 404 valid questionnaires (35.6% male; 64.4% female) that were returned with a response rate of 53.9%.
Findings
It is found that attitude towards waste charging policies affects pro-environmental behaviour through lifestyles and social norms. Female respondents’ pro-environmental behaviours are affected by their lifestyles and social norms. But male respondents’ lifestyle is affected by their attitude towards policy. Attitude towards charging policy does not have an impact on young people's pro-environmental behaviours.
Originality/value
Social acceptance towards any environmental policy is a must for its final outcome. It is because attitude towards any environmental policy is a starting point to affect pro-environmental behaviours. Female respondents are more engaged in pro-environmental behaviour compared to male. Almost all big cities encourage the re-use, re-cycle and reduce of waste. Before designing and implementing relevant policy, stakeholder participation is important. The new environmental policy usually has stricter measures, such as heavier charge on municipal waste. Policymakers are advised to obtain solid arguments and data support to convince stakeholders.
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Tseng YH, Cheng CP, Kuo SH, Hou WL, Chan TF, Chou FH. Safe sexual behaviors intention among female youth: The construction on extended theory of planned behavior. J Adv Nurs 2019; 76:814-823. [PMID: 31774190 DOI: 10.1111/jan.14277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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AIM To examine female youth's intentions for safe sex with the relationship partners based on the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model and explore the direct and indirect impact of parent-child communication about sex, peer interaction related to sexual issues, and exposure to sexually explicit materials on female youth's safe sexual behaviour intentions. DESIGN A non-experimental, cross-sectional research design. METHODS A convenience sampling was employed for data collection and 731 female youth aged 15-24 years old were recruited in 2013-2014. An anonymous, self-report structured questionnaire was used as a research instrument to collect participants' basic information and measure the internal and additional variables in the extended TPB model. RESULTS The extended TPB model explained 42-45% of the total variance. Perceived behavioural control (PBC) and subjective norms had a positive effect on female youth's intentions for contraceptive use, condom use, and dual use with relationship partner; PBC was found to have the greatest influence. Among the additional variables in the extended TPB model, more parent-child communication about sex was found to lead to more positive dual use intentions. More peer interaction related to sexual issues was found to lead to less dual use intentions. CONCLUSIONS To improve female youth's sexual health, the priorities are to reinforce their PBC and subjective norms and enhance parent-child communication about sex. Future efforts should strengthen sex education in families and schools and shape a social environment that facilitates safe sex. IMPACT The extended TPB model can successfully predict female youth's safe sexual behaviour intentions. Empowering female youth to establish a sense of subjectivity and awareness of being a mature individual with physical autonomy, is importance for their sexual health.
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- Ying-Hua Tseng
- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- College of Medical and Health Science, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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