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- Title
Associations Between Depressed Mood and Clusters of Health Risk Behaviors.
- Authors
Paxton, Raheem J.; Valois, Robert F.; Watkins, Ken W.; Huebner, E. Scott; Drane, J. Wazner
- Abstract
Objectives: To examine the association between depressed mood and clusters of health risk behaviors. Methods: A nationally representative sample of adolescents (N=15,214) was utilized to construct 10 pseudocontinuous health risk behaviors. Cluster analysis was performed to group adolescents, and subsequent multivariable logistic models were created. Results: Compared to non-risk takers, belonging to risk clusters significantly increased the odds of reporting depressed mood. African Americans in high-risk clusters appeared to be more vulnerable to depressed mood, when compared to remaining racial groups. Conclusions: Results suggest that adolescents engaging in multiple health-risk behaviors do so in the context of depressed mood.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MENTAL illness; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH attitudes; TEENAGERS; MENTAL health; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); HEALTH risk assessment; AFRICAN Americans; HEALTH
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.31.3.5