Developmental patterns of adolescent spiritual health in six countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F16%3A33158969" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/16:33158969 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.006" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.006</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Developmental patterns of adolescent spiritual health in six countries

Original language description

The spiritual health of adolescents is a topic of emerging contemporary importance. Using multidimensional indicators of spiritual health that have been adapted for use within younger adolescent populations, we therefore: (1) describe aspects of the perceptions of the importance of spiritual health of adolescents by developmental stage and within genders; (2) conduct similar analyses across measures related to specific domains of adolescent spiritual health; (3) relate perceptions of spiritual health to self-perceived personal health status. Cross-sectional surveys were administered to adolescent populations in school settings during 2013-2014. Participants (n=45,967) included eligible and consenting students aged 11-15 years in sampled schools from six European and North American countries. Our primary measures of spiritual health consisted of eight questions in four domains (perceived importance of connections to: self, others, nature, and the transcendent). Socio-demographic factors included age, gender, and country of origin. Self-perceived personal health status was assessed using a simple composite measure. Self-rated importance of spiritual health, both overall and within most questions and domains, declined as young people aged. This declining pattern persisted for both genders and in all countries, and was most notable for the domains of "connections with nature" and "connections with the transcendent". Girls consistently rated their perceptions of the importance of spiritual health higher than boys. While limited by the 8-item measure of perceived spiritual health employed, study findings confirm developmental theories proposed from qualitative observation, provide foundational evidence for the planning and targeting of interventions centered on adolescent spiritual health practices, and direction for the study of spiritual health in a general population health survey context.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-02804S" target="_blank" >GA14-02804S: Trends in overweight and obesity, physical activity and sedentary behavior among Czech schoolchildren: HBSC study between 2002 and 2014</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

SSM -Population Health

ISSN

2352-8273

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

"294-303"

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84966706406