TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological well-being and chronic condition in Portuguese adolescents
AU - Santos, Teresa
AU - De Matos, Margarida Gaspar
AU - Simões, Celeste
AU - Machado, Maria Do Céu
N1 - Funding Information:
Santos, T. receives a PhD grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), reference SFRH/BD/82066/2011. None of the authors reported any further financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - Objective: To examine the differences in the psychological well-being of Portuguese adolescents' (1) living with a chronic condition (CC) and (2) living with a CC and feeling it affects/not affects school participation. Methods: There were 5050 Portuguese adolescents as participants of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children/WHO. Results: Adolescents without CC often feel rarely or never sad/depressed, irritated/bad humour, nervous, fearful or so sad that it seems I can't take it, compared with their healthy peers. Young people living with CC and feeling that it does not affect participation in school, often feel rarely or never sad/depressed, fearful or so sad that it seems I can't take it, comparing with the ones with CC and feeling it affects school. All of these symptoms were higher in adolescents living with a CC. Conclusions: Adolescents living with a CC and feeling that it affects participation in school can be at a higher risk for a healthy psychological well-being. Future early interventions based on a health assets approach should be implemented.
AB - Objective: To examine the differences in the psychological well-being of Portuguese adolescents' (1) living with a chronic condition (CC) and (2) living with a CC and feeling it affects/not affects school participation. Methods: There were 5050 Portuguese adolescents as participants of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children/WHO. Results: Adolescents without CC often feel rarely or never sad/depressed, irritated/bad humour, nervous, fearful or so sad that it seems I can't take it, compared with their healthy peers. Young people living with CC and feeling that it does not affect participation in school, often feel rarely or never sad/depressed, fearful or so sad that it seems I can't take it, comparing with the ones with CC and feeling it affects school. All of these symptoms were higher in adolescents living with a CC. Conclusions: Adolescents living with a CC and feeling that it affects participation in school can be at a higher risk for a healthy psychological well-being. Future early interventions based on a health assets approach should be implemented.
KW - Adolescent health
KW - Chronic condition
KW - Health prevention
KW - Health promotion
KW - Psychological well-being
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U2 - 10.1080/02673843.2015.1007880
DO - 10.1080/02673843.2015.1007880
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937253723
SN - 0267-3843
VL - 20
SP - 334
EP - 345
JO - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
JF - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
IS - 3
ER -