Are parental health habits transmitted to their children? An eight year longitudinal study of physical activity in adolescents and their parents

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A longitudinal study of two generations examined associations between parentsE self-reported leisure-time physical activity changes and the self-reported physical activity changes of their offspring in a sample of adolescents over an 8-year period. Results did not support the hypothesis that adolescents' leisure covaried with their parentsE leisure-time physical activity over time, indicating that parental physical activity is not transmitted to their children to the degree that is often believed.

Public affairs, Youth, Analysis, Physiological aspects, Exercise, Parents

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Subjective health complaints in adolescence - reliability and validity of survey methods

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A study high school students in Norway showed that adolescents can reliably report symptoms of illness and poor health. When questioned again later about symptoms they reported, most answers remained stable and did not change. There is some indication that adolescents worry too much about minor problems.

Surveys, Sick children, Medical history taking, Adolescence, Health attitudes, Hypochondria, Hypochondriasis

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School-related stress, support, and subjective health complaints among early adolescents: A multilevel approach

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The authors examine school-related stress levels and their relationship to health complaints among junior high school students. Topics include stress related to academic achievement, social support groups, psychological aspects of the school environment.

Academic achievement, Stress (Physiology), Social networks, Junior high school students, Middle and junior high school students, Stress in adolescence, Childhood stress (Psychology)

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