Cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with clusters of co-occurring health-related behaviours among adolescents

Adverse health-related behaviours (HRBs) have been shown to co-occur in adolescents. Evidence lacks on factors associated with these co-occurring HRBs. The Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI) offers a route to categorize these determinants according to type (social, cultural and intrapersonal) and distance in the causal pathway (ultimate or distal...

Targets for primary prevention: Cultural, social and intrapersonal factors associated with co-occurring health-related behaviours

Objective: Multiple studies have identified clusters of co-occurring health-related behaviours. Little is known, however, about factors associated with such clusters. This study aims to identify these factors and to assess whether their effects are in accordance with the Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI).Design: A cross-sectional study using a...

Clustering of health and risk behaviour in immigrant and indigenous Dutch residents aged 19–40 years

Objectives Studies on the co-occurrence, ‘clustering’ of health and other risk behaviours among immigrants from non-industrialised countries lack until now. The aim of this study was to compare this clustering in immigrant and indigenous adults. Methods A representative sample (N = 2,982; response 71%) of the Dutch population aged 19–40, with...

Clustering of health-compromising behavior and delinquency in adolescents and adults in the Dutch population

Objective: This study investigates the clustering of a broad range of health-compromising and delinquent behaviors. We examine whether these behaviors belong to a single but broad cluster, 'risk-taking behavior', and whether the nature and degree of clustering in adolescents differs from that in adults. Method: A representative sample (N = 4395)...

Onderzoek naar de samenhang en determinanten in risico gedrag van adolescenten

Het denken in de gezondheidsvoorlichting wordt gedomineerd door een risicospecifieke benadering, waardoor er een apart preventiebeleid is voor bijvoorbeeld roken, gezond bewegen en voeding. ln de literatuur zi¡n aanwijzingen dat risicogedrag op deze verschillende terreinen veelal vóórkomt bij dezelfde personen.