Adolescents' wellbeing and functioning: relationships with parents' subjective general physical and mental health
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Adolescents' wellbeing and functioning: relationships with parents' subjective general physical and mental health George Giannakopoulos1,2, Christine Dimitrakaki1, Xanthi Pedeli1, Gerasimos Kolaitis2, Vasiliki Rotsika3, Ulricke Ravens-Sieberer4 and Yannis Tountas*1 Address: 1Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School, 25 Alexandroupoleos street, 115 27 Athens, Greece, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, "Agia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece, 3Department of Psychiatry, Community Mental Health Center Byron-Kesariani, University of Athens, Athens, Greece and 4Robert Koch Institute, Child and Adolescent Health, Berlin, Germany Email: George Giannakopoulos - [email protected]; Christine Dimitrakaki - [email protected]; Xanthi Pedeli - [email protected]; Gerasimos Kolaitis - [email protected]; Vasiliki Rotsika - [email protected]; Ulricke Ravens-Sieberer - [email protected]; Yannis Tountas* - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 15 December 2009 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:100
doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-100
Received: 27 July 2009 Accepted: 15 December 2009
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Abstract Background: This study aimed at examining the relationship between parental subjective health status and adolescents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as well as the role of gender, socioeconomic status, presence of chronic health care needs and social support on the above interaction. Methods: Questionnaires were administered to a Greek nation-wide random sample of adolescents (N = 1 194) aged 11-18 years and their parents (N = 973) in 2003. Adolescents' and parents' status was assessed, together with reports of socio-economic status and level of social support. Various statistical tests were used to determine the extent to which these variables were related to each other. Results and Discussion: Parental subjective mental health status was significantly correlated with adolescents' better physical and psychological wellbeing, moods and emotions, parent-child relationships, school environment and financial resources. Parental subjective physical health status was strongly associated with more positive adolescents' self-perception. Adolescents' male gender, younger age, absence of chronic health care needs, high social support, and higher family income were positively associated with better HRQoL. Conclusions: This study reinforces the importance of parental subjective health status, along with other variables, as a significant factor for th
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