The association of parental involvement with adolescents' well-being in Oman: evidence from the 2015 Global School Health Survey

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作者
Baig, Tehniyat [1 ]
Ganesan, Gowrii S. [1 ]
Ibrahim, Hania [1 ]
Yousuf, Wajiha [1 ]
Mahfoud, Ziyad R. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Weill Cornell Med Qatar, Dept Med Educ, Doha, Qatar
[2] Weill Cornell Med, Div Epidemiol, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, New York, NY 10021 USA
关键词
Adolescent health; Parental involvement; Oman; GSHS; MENTAL-HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL-CHANGES; RISK BEHAVIORS; COUNTRIES; OBESITY; STYLES; FAMILY;
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10.1186/s40359-021-00677-5
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Background 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. Methods 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. Results 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). Conclusions 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.
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