Association of Optimism and Health-Related Behavior with Mental Health in Czech Adolescents
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F16%3A00088584" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/16:00088584 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.62" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.62</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.62" target="_blank" >10.15405/epsbs.2016.11.62</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Association of Optimism and Health-Related Behavior with Mental Health in Czech Adolescents
Original language description
Dispositional optimism is a psychological trait associated with both physical and mental health in adults. Less is known about the associations between optimism and health among adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between dispositional optimism, health-related behavior and mental health among Czech adolescents. Further on, the effect of gender and age (early vs. late adolescence) on mental health levels was explored. Instruments: short form of the Mental Health Continuum (MHC-SF); Health Behaviours Scale; Life Orientation Test – Revised (LOT-R). Sample: 1376 Czech adolescents aged 11-19 (M = 15.9; SD = 2.3), 56.8% females. Statistical analysis: Hierarchical multiple regression analysis with three sets of predictors. The first set of predictors (age and gender) explained 7.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-19808S" target="_blank" >GA13-19808S: Health-Enhancing and Health-Threatening Behaviour: Determinants, Models, and Implications</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences
ISBN
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ISSN
1877-0428
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
598-605
Publisher name
Future Academy
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Event location
Rhodes
Event date
Jan 1, 2016
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000390872300062