Dimensions of health-related lifestyle in young adulthood: Results from a national population survey

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-328

  Stefansdottir, Ingibjorg Katrin ^a   Vilhjalmsson, Runar ^b  

^a University of Iceland ^*  (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Health lifestyle; Health promotion; Health related behaviour; Healthy diet; Physical activity; Substance use; Survey; Unhealthy diet; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIFESTYLE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548255837     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00479.x     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Dubos R. Mirage of Health. 1959, Harper and Row, New York.
2. Berkman LF, Breslow L. Health and Ways of Living: The Almeda County Study. 1983, Oxford University Press, New York.
3. Blaxter M. Health and Lifestyles. 1990, Tavistock/Routledge, New York.
4. Wingard D, Berkman L, Brand RA. Multivariate analysis of health-related practices: a nine-year mortality follow-up of the Alameda County Study. Am J Epidemiol 1982 116:765 75.
5. Prattala R, Karisto A, Berg MA. Consistency and variation in unhealthy behaviour among Finnish men, 1982-1990. Soc Sci Med 1994 39:115 22.
6. Berenson GS. Causation of Cardiovascular: Risk Factors in Children. 1986, Raven Press, New York.
7. Kelder SH, Perry CL, Klepp KI, Lyle LL. Longitudinal tracking of adolescent smoking, physical activity, and food choice behaviors. Am J Public Health 1994 84:1121 6.
8. Bruhn JG. Life-style and health behavior. In Health Behavior: Emerging Research Perspectives (Gochman DS ed 1988, Plenum Press, New York, 71 86.
9. Millstein SG. Adolescent health. Challenges for behavioral scientists. Am Psychol 1989 44:837 42.
10. Cockerham WC. Lifestyles, social class, demographic characteristics, and health behavior. In Handbook of Health Behavior Research I: Personal and Social Determinants (Gochman DS ed 1997, Plenum Press, New York, 253 65.
11. Harris DM, Guten S. Health-protective behavior: an exploratory study. J Health Soc Behav 1979 20:17 29.
12. Blair SN, Jacobs DR, Powell KE. Relationships between exercise or physical activity and other health behaviors. Public Health Rep 1985 100:172 80.
13. Kirch JP. Preventive health behavior: a review of research and issues. Health Psychol 1983 2:277 301.
14. Burke GL, Hunter SM, Croft JB, Cresanta JL, Berenson GS. The interaction of alcohol and tobacco use in adolescents and young adults: Bogalusa Heart Study. Addict Behav 1988 13:387 93.
15. Croft JB, Freedman DS, Cresata JL, Srinivasan SR, Burke GL, Hunter SM. Adverse influences of alcohol, tobacco, and oral contraceptive use on cardiovascular risk factors during transition to adulthood. Am J Epidemiol 1985 126:202 13.
16. Milligan RAK, Burke V, Dunbar DL, Spencer M, Balde E, Beilin LJ, Gracey MP. Associations between lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors in 18-year old Australians. J Adolesc Health 1997 21:186 95.
17. Carmody T, Brischetto C, Matarazzo J, O'Donnell R, Connor W. Co-occurrent use of cigarettes, alcohol, and coffee in healthy, community-living men and women. Health Psychol 1985 4:323 35.
18. Istvan J, Matarazzo J. Tobacco, alcohol and caffeine use: a review of their interrelationships. Psychol Bull 1984 95:301 26.
19. Emmons KM, Marcus BH, Linnan L, Abrams DB. Mechanisms in multiple risk factor interventions: smoking, physical activity, and dietary fat intake among manufacturing workers. Prev Med 1994 23:481 9.
20. Folsom AR, Caspersen CJ, Taylor HL. Leisure time physical activity and its relationship to coronary risk factors in a population-based sample. The Minnesota Heart Survey. Am J Epidemiol 1985 121:570 9.
21. Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Räsänen L et al. Relation of life-style with lipids, blood pressure, and insulin in adolescents and young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Atherosclerosis 1994 111:237 46.
22. Byers T, Coates RJ, Serdual MK, Mokadad AH, Heath GW. The association between leisure-time physical activity and dietary fat in American adults. Am J Public Health 1995 85:240 4.
23. Shah M, French SA, Jeffrey RW, McGovern PG, Foster JL, Lando HA. Correlates of high fat/calorie food intake in a worksite population: the Healthy Worker Project. Addict Behav 1993 18:583 94.
24. Barrett DH, Anda RF, Croft BJ, Serdula MK, Lane MJ. The association between alcohol use and health behaviors related to the risk of cardiovascular disease: the South Carolina Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Project. J Stud Alcohol 1995 56:9 15.
25. Williams GD, Dufour M, Bertolucci D. Drinking levels, knowledge and associated characteristics. Public Health Rep 1986 101:593 8.
26. Steele IL, McBroom WH. Conceptual and empirical dimensions of health behavior. J Health Soc Behav 1972 3:383 92.
27. Langlie JK. Interrelationships among preventive health behaviors: a test of competing hypotheses. Public Health Rep 1979 94:216 25.
28. Mechanic D, Cleary PD. Factors associated with the maintenance of positive health behavior. Prev Med 1980 9:805 14.
29. Williams AF, Wechsler H. Interrelationships of preventive actions in health and other areas. Health Serv Rep 1972 87:969 76.
30. Breslow L, Enstrom JE. Persistence of health habits and their relationship to mortality. Prev Med 1980 9:469 83.
31. Wiley JA, Camacho TC. Lifestyle and future health: evidence from the Alameda County Study. Prev Med 1980 9:1 21.
32. Abel T. Measuring health lifestyles in a comparative analysis: theoretical issues and empirical findings. Soc Sci Med 1991 32:899 908.
33. Belloc NB, Breslow L. Relationship of physical health status and health practices. Prev Med 1972 1:409 21.
34. Langlie JK. Social networks, health beliefs and preventive health behavior. J Health Soc Behav 1977 3:244 60.
35. Patterson RE, Haines PS, Popkin BM. Health lifestyle patterns of U.S. adults. Prev Med 1994 23:459 60.
36. Kulbok PA, Cox CL. Dimensions of adolescent health behavior. J Adolesc Health 2002 31:340 400.
37. Nutbeam D, Aar L, Catford J. Understanding childrens' health behaviour: the implications for health promotion for young people. Soc Sci Med 1989 29:317 25.
38. Tapp JT, Goldenthal PA. Factor analytic study of health habits. Prev Med 1982 11:724 8.
39. Terre L, Drabman RS, Meydrech EF. Relationships among children's health-related behaviors: a multivariate, developmental perspective. Prev Med 1990 19:134 46.
40. Walker SN, Sechrist KR, Pender NJ. The health-promoting lifestyle profile: development and psychometric characteristics. Nurs Res 1987 36:76 81.
41. Burke V, Milligan RAK, Beilin LJ, Dunbar D, Spencer M, Balde E, Gracey M. Clustering of health-related behaviors among 18-year-old Australians. Prev Med 1997 26:724 33.
42. Jessor R. Risk behaviour in adolescence: a psychosocial framework for understanding and action. J Adolesc Health 1991 12:597 605.
43. Spear HJ, Kulbok PA. Adolescent health behaviors and related factors: a review. Public Health Nurs 2001 18:82 93.
44. Vilhjalmsson R, Olafsson O, Sigurdsson JA, Herbertsson TT. Adgangur ad Heilbrigdisthjónustu a Islandi (Access to Health Services in Iceland). 2001, Directorate of Health, Reykjavik, Iceland. http://www.landlaeknir.is/ Uploads/FileGallery/Utgafa/utg_adgangur01.pdf.
45. Dillman DA. Mail and other self-administered questionnaires. In Handbook of Survey Research (Rossi PH, Wright JD, Anderson AB eds 1983, Academic Press, Orlando, USA, 359 77.
46. Vilhjalmsson R. Failure to seek needed medical care: results from a national health survey of Icelanders. Soc Sci Med 2005 61:1320 30.
47. Winship C, Radbill L. Sampling weights and regression analysis. Sociol Methods Res 1994 23:230 57.
48. Norusis MJ. SPSS 13.0 Guide to data analysis. 2005, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
49. Kline P. An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis. 1994, Routledge Press, London.
50. Polit DF, Hungler BP. Nursing Research: Principles and Methods (6th printing). 1999, Lippincott, Philadelphia, USA.
51. Furstenberg FF, Kennedy S, McLoyd VC, Rumbaut RG, Settersten RA. Growing up is harder to do. Contexts 2004 3:33 41.
52. Kannas L. The dimensions of health behavior among young men in Finland. Int J Health Educ 1981 14:146 55.
53. Milligan RAK, Burke V, Dunbar DL, Spencer M, Balde E, Beilin LJ, Gracey MP. Health-related behaviours and psycho-social characteristics of 18-year-old Australians. Soc Sci Med 1997 45:1549 62.
54. Blair SN, Ellsworth NM, Haskell WL, Stern MP, Faquhar JW, Wood PD. Comparison of nutrient intake in middle-aged men and women runners and controls. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1981 13:310 5.
55. Hartung GH, Foreyt JP, Mitchell RE, Vlasek I, Gotto AM. Relation of diet to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in middle-aged marathon runners, joggers, and inactive men. N Engl J Med 1980 302:357 61.
56. Blair SN, Goodyear NN, Wynne KL, Saunders RP. Comparison of dietary and smoking habit changes in physical fitness improvers and nonimprovers. Prev Med 1984 13:411 20.
57. Yamamoto L, Yano K, Rhoads GG. Characteristics of joggers among Japanese men in Hawaii. Am J Public Health 1983 73:147 52.
58. Zunich EM, Dickinson AA. Comparison of physical fitness behaviors of joggers and non-joggers. Health Values 1979 3:296 9.