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Prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents
Medical Management Centre, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Medical Management Centre, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Center for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Västerås Hospital, Västerås, Sweden; Competence Center for Health, Region of Västmanland, Västerås Hospital, Västerås, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4115-8413
2018 (English)In: BMC Public Health, E-ISSN 1471-2458, Vol. 18, no 1, article id 263Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Studies investigating the prevalence of positive mental health and its correlates are still scarce compared to the studies on mental disorders, although there is growing interest of assessing positive mental health in adolescents. So far, no other study examining the prevalence and determinants of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents has been found. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used a questionnaire including Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) and items regarding multiple aspects of adolescent life. The sample involved a total of 5399 students from grade 8 and 10 in Weifang, China. Multivariate Logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the associations between potential indicators regarding socio-economic situations, life style, social support and school life and positive mental health and calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Results: More than half (57.4%) of the participants were diagnosed as flourishing. The correlated factors of positive mental health in regression models included gender, perceived family economy, the occurrence of sibling(s), satisfaction of self-appearance, physical activity, sleep quality, stress, social trust, desire to learn, support from teachers and parents as well as whether being bullied at school (OR ranging from 1.23 to 2.75). The Hosmer-Lemeshow p-value for the final regression model (0.45) indicated adequate model fit.

Conclusion: This study gives the first overview on prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents. The prevalence of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents is higher than reported in most of the previous studies also using MHC-SF. Our findings suggest that adolescents with advantageous socio-economic situations, life style, social support and school life are experiencing better positive mental health than others.

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BioMed Central, 2018. Vol. 18, no 1, article id 263
Keywords [en]
Positive mental health, Chinese adolescents, Prevalence, Correlates, Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-91708DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5133-2ISI: 000425470300003PubMedID: 29454315Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85042144992OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-91708DiVA, id: diva2:1553494
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Weifang Medical University (China) 

Available from: 2021-05-10 Created: 2021-05-10 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved

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