Determinants of life satisfaction and self-rated health in Iranian children and adolescents: a structure equation model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Life satisfaction (LS) and self-rated health (SRH) are related with health outcomes. It is expected that these items are also related to healthy behaviors. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to find out the main determinants of LS and SRH in nationwide representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents.

Methods

This study was performed on 13,834 students aged 7-18 years who were selected by multistage, stratified cluster sampling method from 30 provinces of Iran. Life satisfaction and SRH were assessed through a questionnaire based on World Health Organization-Global School-based Student Health Survey protocols. Path analysis was applied to evaluate the relationships among the study variables using the structural modeling.

Results

Life sati

SUBMITTER: Angoorani P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721968 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature