Social and health determinants of adolescent's wellbeing in Jordan: Implications for policy and practice

Authors/Creators

Diana Arabiat, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Abeer Shaheen
Ommaya Nassar
Mohammad Saleh
Ayman Mansour

Abstract

Purpose ; This study examined the extent to which health related aspect, health outcome, behaviour outcomes and social connectedness may predict adolescents' wellbeing at the schools of Jordan.

Methods ; Using a two-stage cluster sampling technique 1166 adolescents completed the Health Behaviour of School Children survey

Results ; Stepwise Regression Analysis showed that the adolescents' wellbeing was predicted by academic achievements, bullying behaviour, eating habits, psycho-somatization, parent support and ease of communication with parents. These predictors explained 40% of the variance in the emotional wellbeing scores.

Conclusion and Practice Implications ; This study provides baseline information to build the evidence base for surveillance of health behaviors among adolescents in Jordan. Students' experiences of secondary school and their relationships at school continue to predict their emotional wellbeing.

RAS ID

23635

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

4-2018

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Elsevier

Comments

Arabiat, D. H., Shaheen, A., Nassar, O., Saleh, M., & Mansour, A. (2018). Social and health determinants of adolescent's wellbeing in Jordan: Implications for policy and practice. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 39, 55-60. Available here

Recommended Citation

Arabiat, D., Shaheen, A., Nassar, O., Saleh, M., & Mansour, A. (2018). Social and health determinants of adolescent's wellbeing in Jordan: Implications for policy and practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.03.015