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01-03-2013 | Original Paper

Resilience, lifestyle and symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescence: the Young-HUNT study

Authors: Marit Skrove, Pål Romundstad, Marit S. Indredavik

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 3/2013

Abstract

Purpose

This study investigated the symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescence, their associations with lifestyle and resilience and the possibility that resilience factors can attenuate the associations between unhealthy lifestyle and symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Methods

Adolescents (n = 7,639) aged 13–18 years completed a questionnaire regarding lifestyle and health. Symptoms of anxiety and depression were measured by the SCL-5, a five-item shortened version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Resilience factors included questions on friends and family relations and two sub-scales of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents; Family cohesion and Social competence.

Results

Of the total population, 13 % reported symptoms of anxiety and depression. Resilience characteristics were associated with lower symptom levels (ORs ranging from 0.2 to 0.6), and substance use and infrequent physical activity with higher symptom levels (ORs ranging from 2.1 to 4.0). The associations with substance use were strengthened by social competence, but attenuated by family cohesion. The association with physical activity was attenuated by both social competence and family cohesion.

Conclusion

Symptoms of anxiety and depression were frequent in adolescents and were associated with unhealthy lifestyle factors as substance use and low physical activity. Resilience characteristics seemed to protect against symptoms and markedly influenced the associations between lifestyle factors and symptoms of anxiety and depression. The importance of family and other supportive relationships should be emphasized in treatment and prevention of anxiety and depression in adolescence.

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Title: Resilience, lifestyle and symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescence: the Young-HUNT study
Authors: Marit Skrove
Pål Romundstad
Marit S. Indredavik
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0561-2

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