The associations between social environment and adolescents' psychosomatic health: An ecological perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It has been known that social environments are associated with adolescents' health. However, the complex relationship between diverse types of social environments and adolescents' psychosomatic heath remained unclear. Thus, using an ecological perspective, the current study aimed to examine the associations between social environment and adolescents' psychosomatic health.

Methods

We used the data from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) project conducted in the Czech Republic in 2018. A total of 13377 observations were included.

Results

The region, as a macrosystem, could not explain the variance in adolescents' psychological and somatic health. The quality of neighborhood environment (exosystem) was significantly related to adolescents' psyc

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040858 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature