Gender differences in subjective health complaints in adolescence: The roles of self-esteem, stress from schoolwork and body dissatisfaction

Aanesen, Fiona; Meland, Eivind; Torp, Steffen

doi:10.1177/1403494817690940

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“…Either there are additional factors affecting their self-esteem, or they does not posses enough introspective competences to perform detailed, rational and objective evaluation of themselves, despite being on a course of physical education, which should be the most appropriate higher education course of such competences. This study could support hypothesis, that education could emphasise health behaviours and nullify gender differences regarding self-esteem exposed in other studies (Aanesen, Meland, & Torp, 2017).…”

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confidence: 85%

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Purpose: We know that the realization of the training aims is not only associated with a systematic effort, multiple skills, specific predispositions, yet also everyday health behaviour, namely various forms of behaviour of individuals that have an impact on the state of health. This influences its retention and strengthening. The aim of the research conducted was to increase knowledge relating to the ties between health behaviour of students in terms of physical education and their subjective evaluation of the progress in the sphere of their individual possibilities of adapting to psychophysical strain. Material: The research encompassed 65 students of physical education at M.A. level (average 21±1.56 years; range 19 -25 years). The measurement was conducted by applying the "Inventory of Health Behaviour Questionnaire", namely a standardized tool consisting of 4 subscales referring to various aspects of health behaviour that emerge in everyday life. Results: There is significant difference between age of both genders of participants. However, variance analysis did not reveal any significant differences between self-estimation and health behaviour aspects of participants. Only moderate correlation between self-estimation and health behaviour indices were statistically significant, which higher values in a group of females. Conclusions: A subjective evaluation of the progress made and the positive mental approach indicate the relation with the health behaviour of students of the physical education course. The results indicate that in the case of the analysed students in the sphere of the health behaviour shown, there is still great potential in terms of the possibilities to be availed of. The results acquired by us may lead to paying greater attention to the problematic issue of the awareness of the role of positive nutritional behaviour in the area of the course content conducted in the academic environment.

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“…Female students do not necessarily enjoy school more than male students, but they might work and try harder and have goals of performing better academically than male students do. If female students do work harder, this effort could be related to female adolescents' higher levels of subjective health complaints (SHC) as well as the association between SHC and stress from schoolwork and lower levels of self-esteem (Aanesen, Meland, & Torp, 2017). This topic is important, and teachers' support is a protective and reducing factor for such complaints (e.g., Ghandour, Overpeck, Huang, Kogan, & Scheidt, 2004).…”

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Do Teachers Matter? Students’ Perceptions of Classroom Interactions and Student Engagement

Havik

Westergård

2019

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

134

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The current study examined the associations between students' perceptions of classroom interactions and students' emotional and behavioral engagement. Given the nested structure of the data, multilevel analyses were employed to examine these associations. A total of 1769 Norwegian fifth to tenth graders from 100 classes and 10 schools participated in a web-based survey. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel structural equation modeling. The results indicated that students who perceived high-quality classroom interactions were more engaged in school, and teachers' emotional support showed the strongest association with engagement at both levels. Furthermore, the findings indicated that primary school students were more engaged emotionally than lower secondary school students, and female students were more behaviorally engaged than male students. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…On the other hand, numerous published studies have described health ailments among school youth. A Norwegian study showed a significantly higher prevalence of headaches, neck pain, back pain and abdominal pain among girls when compared to boys [23], and many other studies have confirmed the higher prevalence of subjective health ailments among girls when compared to boys [24,25]. Ravens-Sieberer and collaborators [26] have also reported that the gender differences in subjective health ailments in children and adolescents increase with age, and researchers have identified an inverse correlation between health ailments and socioeconomic status.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Ravens-Sieberer and collaborators [26] have also reported that the gender differences in subjective health ailments in children and adolescents increase with age, and researchers have identified an inverse correlation between health ailments and socioeconomic status. Moreover, studies have shown a clear correlation between low self-esteem and high levels of stress and subjective health ailments [23,24,27]. Even though most of the studies mentioned above focus on youth who are in education, we believe there is reason to assume that young people who are not in education or employment may have just as low self-esteem, high levels of stress and health problems.…”

Section: Girlsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) have more health problems than their peers? A cross-sectional study among Norwegian adolescents

Stea¹,

Abildsnes²,

Strandheim³

et al. 2019

Nor J Epidemiol

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Objectives: An increasing proportion of young Norwegians are categorised as too ill to attend upper secondary education, and poor physical and mental health may reduce their opportunities to return to school or find paid employment. This study examined the differences in self-perceived health, mental health, and prevalence of pain between Norwegian adolescents, who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) compared to adolescents who attend upper secondary school (age 16-21 years).Design: Cross-sectional study.Participants and setting: A total of 96 NEET youth and 384 age and gender matched adolescents attending upper secondary school in the south of Norway participated in the study.Main outcome measures: Self-perceived health, mental health and pain.Results: Multivariable analyses, adjusted for parental education, showed that more NEET girls reported poor self-perceived health (odds ratio 3.2; 95% CI 1.4–7.5) and poor mental health (2.4;1.0–5.2) when compared to girls who were attending school. The results showed no difference in the prevalence of various types of pain between girls who were attending or not attending school, and among boys the results showed no differences in health problems assessed in this study.Conclusion: The study indicates that NEET girls have poorer self-perceived health and poorer mental health when compared to girls who are attending upper secondary school. It will be essential to identify the causes of these health problems. This may provide a basis for specially adapted measures that could help more people in the target group return to school or paid employment.

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Gender differences in subjective health complaints in adolescence: The roles of self-esteem, stress from schoolwork and body dissatisfaction

Abstract: The findings showed that self-esteem and stress from schoolwork were associated with subjective health complaints during adolescence. These factors could partially explain the excess of subjective health complaints among girls.

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