Latent classes of adolescent health behaviour, social covariates and mental wellbeing: a longitudinal birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent mental wellbeing has been declining in the United Kingdom for over a decade. Expansion of services to support the mental wellbeing of young people is a public health priority and a core component of the National Health Service's Long-Term Plan. In this paper, we leverage secondary analysis of a very large longitudinal dataset (#BeeWell) to generate insights regarding different patterns of health behaviour, their covariates, and consequences for mental wellbeing one year later.

Methods

A Latent Class Analysis was conducted using data on physical activity, sleep, and eating habits collected in 2021 from 18,478 Year 8 pupils from Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) to (1) identify distinct latent classes of adolescent health behaviour; (2) establish factor

SUBMITTER: Knowles C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409474 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature