Abstract
Objectives: To examine the association between depressed mood and clusters of health risk behaviors. Methods: A nationally representative sample of adolescents (N=15,214) was utilized to construct 10 pseudocontinuous health risk behaviors. Cluster analysis was performed to group adolescents, and subsequent multivariable logistic models were created. Results: Compared to non-risk takers, belonging to risk clusters significantly increased the odds of reporting depressed mood. African Americans in high-risk clusters appeared to be more vulnerable to depressed mood, when compared to remaining racial groups. Conclusions: Results suggest that adolescents engaging in multiple health-risk behaviors do so in the context of depressed mood.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 272-283 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | American journal of health behavior |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Clustering of risk behaviors
- Depressed mood
- Problem behavior theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health