Factors associated with mental health among Hong Kong children: A population‐based study of 4884 individuals.
Background: This cross‐sectional study aimed to investigate the association between negative mental health conditions and demographic characteristics, socioeconomic background and health‐related parameters in both Hong Kong's primary and secondary school students. Methods: A self‐administrated surve...
| Publicado en: | Child: Care, Health & Development Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2024
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=175014672&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 175014672 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 03051862 6NX jtl: Child: Care, Health & Development issn: 03051862 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jan2024 vid: 50 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 175014672 173595103 175014672 175014672 10.1111/cch.13196 175014672 ppf: 1 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Factors associated with mental health among Hong Kong children: A population‐based study of 4884 individuals. aug: au: Huang, Junjie Keung, Vera M. W. Cheung, Calvin K. M. Lo, Amelia S. C. Chan, Sze Chai Pang, Wing Sze Mui, Lancelot W. H. Lee, Albert Wong, Martin C. S. affil: Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Hong Kong SAR sug: subj: Mental Disorders Risk Factors Mental Health Psychosocial Factors Mental Health In Infancy and Childhood Child Health Psychosocial Factors Students, Elementary Psychosocial Factors Students, High School Psychosocial Factors Risk Assessment Human Hong Kong Child Population Health Cross Sectional Studies Correlational Studies Sociodemographic Factors Socioeconomic Factors Surveys Self Report Prevalence Scales Psychological Distress Depression Suicidal Ideation Questionnaires Multiple Logistic Regression Factor Analysis Bullying Home Environment Personal Satisfaction Risk Taking Behavior Prevention and Control Parents Education Caring Support, Psychosocial Parent-Child Relations Friendship Leisure Activities Motivation Funding Source Child: 6-12 years ab: Background: This cross‐sectional study aimed to investigate the association between negative mental health conditions and demographic characteristics, socioeconomic background and health‐related parameters in both Hong Kong's primary and secondary school students. Methods: A self‐administrated survey was conducted and investigated the prevalence of negative mental health conditions (psychological stress, depression and suicidality) in students from 30 primary schools and 25 secondary schools in Hong Kong in 2017. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) was chosen as the instrument to evaluate non‐specific psychological distress. Depression was evaluated using the prolonged feeling of despair as a proxy. Suicidality was measured by four questions on whether they had ever intentionally injured themselves, seriously considered attempting suicide, planned how they would attempt suicide and had attempted suicide. Multiple logistic regression models examined the explanatory factors' association with mental health conditions after adjusting for confounding, using the enter method. Results: A total of 4884 responses were collected. It is found that both very high and low parent expectations were risk factors for multiple conditions, namely suicidality and psychological distress among primary school students, and psychological distress among secondary school students. As for primary school students, the experience of being bullied was a significant risk factor for all conditions. A significant association was found between having one's own bedroom and suicidality amongst primary school students; whilst having three close friends or more and higher life satisfaction levels were significantly associated with a lower risk of negative mental health conditions among secondary school students. Conclusions: It was found that having one's own bedroom was a risk factor for suicidality among primary school student. Parents should be alert to the risky behaviours of children, have more involvement in children's daily life and build a supportive and caring family environment for children. For secondary school students, as the importance of friends is greatly increased, teachers should encourage students to engage in extra‐curricular activities in school. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|