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Young adults' self-sufficiency in daily life: the relationship with contextual factors and health indicators.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Certain factors, such as depressive symptoms and binge drinking, may be linked to young adults' ability to attain an acceptable level of functioning on specific life-domains (i.e. self-sufficiency). We studied the association of contextual factors and health indicators with self-sufficiency in young adults. METHODS:We used both baseline (n =?755) and 6-months follow-up (n =?200) self-reported questionnaire data of intermediate vocational education students (16-26?years). The questionnaire included the adapted Dutch self-sufficiency matrix (SSM-D), which addresses self-sufficiency regarding 11 life-domains (e.g. finances and housing). The questionnaire also included potentially associated contextual factors (e.g. socio-demographic characteristics) and health indicators (e.g. sickness absence from school). Ordinal (overall self-sufficiency: self-sufficient on 11, 10, 9 or???8 life-domains), and logistic (self-sufficiency per life-domain: self-sufficient yes/no) regression models were applied. RESULTS:The studied population was 18.6?years on average (SD 2.04), and 73.6% were female. Cannabis use was associated with a lower overall self-sufficiency category at baseline (OR?=?0.57, 95% CI?=?0.33-0.99), as were an increase in sick days (OR?=?0.94, 95% CI?=?0.91-0.98) and an increase on the scale of depressive symptoms (OR?=?0.87, 95% CI?=?0.85-0.89). An increase in sick days and an increase on the scale of depressive symptoms were associated with lower odds of being self-sufficient on three and ten life-domains, respectively (p

SUBMITTER: van den Toren SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456010 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Young adults' self-sufficiency in daily life: the relationship with contextual factors and health indicators.

van den Toren Suzanne J SJ van Grieken Amy A de Kroon Marlou L A MLA Mulder Wico C WC Vanneste Yvonne T M YTM Raat Hein H

BMC psychology 20200828 1

<h4>Background</h4>Certain factors, such as depressive symptoms and binge drinking, may be linked to young adults' ability to attain an acceptable level of functioning on specific life-domains (i.e. self-sufficiency). We studied the association of contextual factors and health indicators with self-sufficiency in young adults.<h4>Methods</h4>We used both baseline (n = 755) and 6-months follow-up (n = 200) self-reported questionnaire data of intermediate vocational education students (16-26 years) ...[more]

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