Previous research has documented the effects of family factors on children health behaviours: the family is, indeed, one of the primary environment underlying children’s growth and development. In this paper, from one hand we examine if the family structure affects adolescent health behaviours in Italy in the same way it was found in studies focusing on US and Northern European countries; from the other hand, we analyse if the associations between family structure and adolescent health behaviours are determined by other factors such as parental behaviours, household economic well-being, and children satisfaction on family relationships. Four health behaviours of adolescents aged 14-17 are considered: two of them are risky behaviours (cigarette smoking and alcohol use), the other two ones regard healthy lifestyle behaviours (physical activity and optimal diet).
Family resources and health behaviours in adolescence
MAZZUCO, STEFANO;MEGGIOLARO, SILVIA
2010
Abstract
Previous research has documented the effects of family factors on children health behaviours: the family is, indeed, one of the primary environment underlying children’s growth and development. In this paper, from one hand we examine if the family structure affects adolescent health behaviours in Italy in the same way it was found in studies focusing on US and Northern European countries; from the other hand, we analyse if the associations between family structure and adolescent health behaviours are determined by other factors such as parental behaviours, household economic well-being, and children satisfaction on family relationships. Four health behaviours of adolescents aged 14-17 are considered: two of them are risky behaviours (cigarette smoking and alcohol use), the other two ones regard healthy lifestyle behaviours (physical activity and optimal diet).
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