Short-term and long-term influences of family arguments and gender difference on developing psychological well-being in Taiwanese adolescents |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Campus Heymans, Ghent University Hospital, 2B3, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Centre of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, & Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium;3. Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;4. Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;5. Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan;2. Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan;3. Department of Business Administration and Language Education Center, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan;4. Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan;5. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan;6. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;1. Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, United States;2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States;3. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA 94305, United States;1. Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;2. Pediatrics Research Institution of Suzhou University, Suzhou 215003, China;3. Public Health School of Fudan University, Shanghai, China;1. Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;2. Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran;3. Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Hamadan, Iran;1. Department of Health Sciences, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Anillo Envolvente del PRONAF y Estocolmo s/n, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico;2. School of Sciences of Physical Culture, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico;3. Biomedicine Unit, School of Higher Studies Iztacala, National Autonomous University of México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | Adolescent mental health is crucial for social competence and accomplishment in later life. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 20% of adolescents suffer from psychological symptoms. However, improving family risk and school environments can largely promote adolescent mental health. A longitudinal survey was conducted to investigate adolescent psychological well-being (PWB) status and associated factors in adolescents 15–20 years of age. Family and school context variables were interviewed and recorded. A total of 2896 participants were included from high, middle, and less urbanized resident areas in Northern Taiwan with completed interview data. Using multivariate regression analysis, factors associated with adolescent PWB at various stages included quarrelsome parents, quarrels with parents, severed friendships, and cigarette and alcohol use. In all three adolescent stages, females yielded higher psychological symptom scores than did males, and diverse weights of risk factors on PWB were observed between genders. Family arguments and cigarette and alcohol use were found to have more pronounced effects on outcomes among females than males. Whereas males are more sensitive to severed friendships than females, cigarette and alcohol use showed more harmful effects on mental health in earlier adolescence than in later life. Moreover, family arguments and severed friendships in earlier adolescence were found to have lasting effects on PWB in later adolescence. In this study, gender differences were observed in the temporal relationship on adolescent mental health. Variables of family arguments and severed friendships exhibited short-term and long-term effects on adolescent mental health across the early to late developmental stages. The family argument environment and regulating cigarette and alcohol use are worthy of focus to promote adolescent mental health. |
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| Keywords: | Adolescent Family argument Psychological well-being Gender difference |
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