TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent developmental assets and longitudinal weight status and psychosocial health outcomes
T2 - Exploratory analysis from a youth cohort study in Taiwan
AU - Tsai, Meng Che
AU - Ng, Jennifer M.T.
AU - Yu, Yi Fang
AU - Strong, Carol
AU - Hsieh, Yi Ping
AU - Lin, Yi Ching
AU - Lin, Chung Ying
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the research grant from the National Cheng Kung University Hospital ( NCKUH-10702001 ) and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan ( MOST-106-2629-B-006-001 ).
Funding Information:
The Taiwan Youth Project was sponsored by the Academia Sinica ( AS-93-TP-C01 ) and directed by Dr. Chin-Chun Yi. The Center for Survey Research of the Academia Sinica is responsible for the data distribution. The authors thank Dr. Yi and everyone else at the Academia Sinica and the Taiwan Youth Project for providing the data and all the other administrative assistance they gave.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Backgrounds: Asset-based youth development has been proposed to be associated with health behaviors and psychological well-being in adolescents. This study aims to extend the current knowledge regarding the effects of positive youth development on weight status and psychosocial health outcomes in young adulthood using a large representative longitudinal sample. Methods: Data were retrieved from the Taiwan Youth Project that comprised a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (N = 2688) surveyed at grades 7, 8, 9, and 12, and at age 22. Principal component analysis was used to construct developmental asset scores based on 35 items selected from the relevant questions at wave 1. Outcomes were standardized scores of body mass index, self-rated healthiness and happiness, depressive symptomology and deviant behaviors in the subsequent waves. Generalized estimating equation analysis was applied to assess the impact of developmental assets on these repeatedly measured outcome variables. Results: As compared to those with the highest quintile level of developmental assets, individuals with the lowest quintile level were more likely to rate themselves unhealthy (β = 0.33 [95% confidence interval 0.26, 0.40]) and unhappy (β = 0.47 [0.41, 0.54]) and report more depressive symptomatology (β = 4.18 [3.35, 5.01]) and deviant behaviors (β = 0.63 [0.44, 0.81]). No association was found between body mass index and developmental asset scores. Conclusion: The results concluded a longitudinal association between adolescent developmental assets and psychological and behavioral health outcomes. Further research may be required to investigate whether positive youth development could be translated into long-term benefits in adult physical conditions, such as obesity.
AB - Backgrounds: Asset-based youth development has been proposed to be associated with health behaviors and psychological well-being in adolescents. This study aims to extend the current knowledge regarding the effects of positive youth development on weight status and psychosocial health outcomes in young adulthood using a large representative longitudinal sample. Methods: Data were retrieved from the Taiwan Youth Project that comprised a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (N = 2688) surveyed at grades 7, 8, 9, and 12, and at age 22. Principal component analysis was used to construct developmental asset scores based on 35 items selected from the relevant questions at wave 1. Outcomes were standardized scores of body mass index, self-rated healthiness and happiness, depressive symptomology and deviant behaviors in the subsequent waves. Generalized estimating equation analysis was applied to assess the impact of developmental assets on these repeatedly measured outcome variables. Results: As compared to those with the highest quintile level of developmental assets, individuals with the lowest quintile level were more likely to rate themselves unhealthy (β = 0.33 [95% confidence interval 0.26, 0.40]) and unhappy (β = 0.47 [0.41, 0.54]) and report more depressive symptomatology (β = 4.18 [3.35, 5.01]) and deviant behaviors (β = 0.63 [0.44, 0.81]). No association was found between body mass index and developmental asset scores. Conclusion: The results concluded a longitudinal association between adolescent developmental assets and psychological and behavioral health outcomes. Further research may be required to investigate whether positive youth development could be translated into long-term benefits in adult physical conditions, such as obesity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pedneo.2021.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.pedneo.2021.05.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 34090825
AN - SCOPUS:85107647155
SN - 1875-9572
VL - 62
SP - 522
EP - 528
JO - Pediatrics and Neonatology
JF - Pediatrics and Neonatology
IS - 5
ER -