13 Jul Prevalence and correlates of positive health that is mental Chinese adolescents

Abstract

Background

Studies investigating the prevalence of positive health that is mental its correlates continue to be scarce set alongside the studies on mental disorders, though there keeps growing interest of assessing positive mental health in adolescents. Up to now, no other study examining the prevalence and determinants of g d psychological state in Chinese adolescents was discovered. The goal of this study would be to measure the prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents.

Practices

This cross-sectional research used a questionnaire including Mental wellness Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) and things regarding numerous facets of adolescent life. A total was involved by the sample of 5399 pupils from grade 8 and 10 in Weifang, China. Multivariate Logistic regression analyses had been done to judge the associations between prospective indicators regarding socio-economic circumstances, lifestyle, social support and college life and positive mental health and calculate odds ratios and 95% self- confidence intervals.

Conclusion

This research provides very first overview on prevalence and correlates of positive mental health in Chinese adolescents. The prevalence of g d mental health in Chinese adolescents is higher than reported in most of the previous studies also utilizing MHC-SF. Our findings declare that adolescents with beneficial socio-economic situations, life-style, social support and sch l life are experiencing better positive psychological state than others.