The aim of the study was to examine construct validity Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire -R18 (TFEQ-R18), a measure eating behaviour, and evaluate cognitive restraint, uncontrolled emotional in sample adolescent young adult females different weights. Subjects were 2 997 females, aged 17 20 years, who participated phase III human papillomavirus vaccination trial Finland 2004 – 2009. Self-administered questionnaires weight height measurements used. factor structure TFEQ-R18 verified by...

A wide range of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now on the market. We studied e-cigarette awareness and use, determinants sources e-cigarettes, e-liquids used in them exposure to advertisements among adolescents Finland. Among smokers, we association use interest smoking cessation.Data were obtained from a national survey 12-18-year-old Finnish 2013 (N=3535, response rate 38%). Descriptive statistics logistic regression analysis used.Of respondents, 85.3% knew what e-cigarettes...

The long-term effects of sleep on adolescent psychosocial well-being are mostly unknown, although insufficient has been associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties in cross-sectional studies. With a five-year follow-up Finnish adolescents (Time 1: n = 8834; Mean age 13 years, 51.1% female, Time 2: 5315, 15 51.6% 3: 3712; 17 years; 50.2% female), the purpose this longitudinal study was to investigate relations between self-reported duration, problems, during adolescence. Emotional...

Several studies indicate an association between e-cigarette use and subsequent smoking among youth. However, most previous lack measures of the nicotine content e-liquid have not usually measured regular smoking.We tested use, with without nicotine, daily conventional cigarettes e-cigarettes study population 3474 students. A survey was conducted in lower secondary schools Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, 15 - 16-year-olds 2014 (baseline) upper 2016 when cohort 17 18-year-olds...

Research on the associations between family and school social capital, burnout academic achievement in adolescence is scarce results are inconclusive. We examined if capital at age of 13 predicts lower better when graduating 16. Using data from 4467 Finnish adolescents 117 schools 444 classes a three-level multilevel analysis was executed. School positive supportive relationships students teachers, predicted among students. Classmates' had also significance for students' achievement. Our...

Studies comparing adolescent e-cigarette use in different countries are scarce. We study students' and conventional cigarette ever-use, their social correlates e-liquid seven EU countries.SILNE-R data (N=12 167, response rate 79.4%) of 14-17-year-olds from Amersfoort (NL), Coimbra (PT), Dublin (IR), Hanover (GE), Latina (IT), Namur (BE) Tampere (FI) were used. E-cigarette dual-use, type measured with a school survey analyzed cross-tabulations multinomial logistic regression.About 34% had...

Cyberbullying, threatening or harassing another via the internet mobile phones, does not cause physically harm and thus consequences are less visible. Little research has been performed on occurrence of cyberbullying among adolescents perception its seriousness. Only a few population-based studies have published, none which included witnessing cyberbullying. Here, we examined exposure to during last year, frequency perceived seriousness 12 18-year-old in Finland. We studied four dimensions...

ABSTRACT It is well established that poor academic performance related to smoking, but the association between well‐being and smoking less known. We measured by school burnout schoolwork engagement studied their associations with among 14‐ 17‐year‐old schoolchildren in Belgium, Germany, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal. A classroom survey (2013 SILNE survey, N = 11,015) was conducted using Short School Burnout Inventory Schoolwork Engagement Inventory. Logistic regression, generalized...

Electronic cigarettes are quite a new potential source of nicotine addiction among youth. More research is needed, particularly on e-liquid use and socioeconomic factors as determinants. We studied changes from 2013 to 2015 in adolescent e-cigarette awareness ever-use, types e-liquids, determinants Finland. In 2015, we weekly reasons for ever-use. Data were two national surveys 12-18-year-old Finns (2013, n = 3535, response rate 38%; 6698, 41%). Descriptive statistics logistic regression...

Wireless and mobile phone technology as a method of data collection will increase alongside conventional methods. The aim the present study was to evaluate use application for recording symptoms physical activity exertion during an experimental exercise study.An on effects well-being menopausal women included 158 subjects between 44 63 years age. were randomized into intervention control groups. All participants in both groups reported daily by responding morning evening questionnaires via...

Little is known of the predictors electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among adolescents, even though increasing. We studied here for e-cigarette experimentation (tried and tried more than twice) compared them with conventional smoking. A baseline school survey was conducted in Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, 2011 seventh graders (12 to 13-year-olds). Response rate 73%. The same students were followed up 2014 (9th grade, 15 16-year-olds), N = 5742. Generalized linear mixed models...

To address social inequalities in adolescent substance use and consequent disparities health, it is important to identify the mechanisms of association between academic performance. We study role health literacy (HL) performance weekly smoking, monthly alcohol cannabis ever-use among adolescents Europe.SILNE-R school survey data, which was collected 2016-17 with paper-and-pencil-method from Hanover (GE), Amersfoort (NL) Tampere (FI), were used (N = 5088, age 13-19). Health Literacy for...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Studies have shown a relationship between students' health and their academic achievements, but whether of classmates schoolmates impacts individual school achievement is less known. We studied these effects on students in lower secondary Finland. METHODS Students (seventh grade, age 12‐13 years, N = 7779, 123 schools, 565 classes) participated classroom survey measuring (externalizing internalizing problems, daily complaints, long‐term illness) achievement. Academic when...

We aimed to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an individualized, long-term support lifestyle counseling approach in promoting healthy physical activity, improving dietary sleeping behaviors, preventing weight gain young females. The approach’s intensity was designed be low enough implementable primary health care. Young women (n = 3,059, age at baseline 17–21 years) attending a population-based human papilloma virus vaccination trial (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00122681) 15...

Abstract Existing literature on recent trends in adolescent gambling is scarce. The rapidly changing landscape of gambling, together with the generally applied legal age limits, calls for continuous monitoring also among population. In Finland, 18. We examined changes adolescents’ expenditure and gambling–related harms from 2011 to 2017. Comparable cross-sectional biennial survey data were collected 2011, 2013, 2015 2017 12–18-year-olds ( N = 18,857). main measures self-reported six-month...

Peer networks at school and students' position in these can influence their academic well-being. We study here individual network (isolation, popularity, social activity) peer structures the level (centralization, density, clustering, connectedness) relations to well-being (school burnout, SB; schoolwork engagement, SE). Classroom surveys for 14-16-year-olds (

These findings stress the need to develop investigations on these topics in student population, have a better understanding of new phenomena and assess interactions with other risk comportments (alcohol, cannabis).

The influence of parents' smoking on children's is well known, but few studies have examined the association between grandparents' and grandchildren's smoking. We studied paternal maternal their tobacco use assessed whether a mediator in this process. Data were obtained from national survey 12-18-year-old Finns 2013 (N = 3535, response rate 38%). Logistic regression mediation analyses used. Both boys girls had higher odds for experimentation, daily other or tobacco-like product if mother,...

The health selection hypothesis suggests that poor leads to low educational attainment during the life course. Adolescence is an important period as might prevent students from making best choices. We test if in adolescence associated with aspirations and whether these associations persist over above sociodemographic background academic achievement.Using classroom surveys, a cohort of (n = 5.614) Helsinki Metropolitan Region was followed 7th (12-13 years,) up 9th grade (15-16 years) when...

Bans on smoking in public places and sales to minors have been widely implemented across the globe. However, many countries either adopted non-comprehensive (i.e., partial) bans and/or weakly enforce those bans. Little is known, from adolescents' perspective, how this affects their smoking-related perceptions behaviors. We studied case of Portugal, where are partial enforced. sought understand affect access cigarettes commercial sources, visibility places, locations. used a mixed methods...

Abstract Online health information-seeking behaviour has increased since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. This study examined whether health-related information on searched internet was associated with mental well-being among higher education students. A cross-sectional survey conducted 18- to 34-year-old students Finland (N = 2976; mean age 24.61 years and median 24) spring of The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s...