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Unique and cumulative effects of lifestyle-related behaviors on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents

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  • Ruilin Cao
  • Tingting Gao
  • Hui Ren
  • Yueyang Hu
  • Zeying Qin
  • Leilei Liang
  • Chuanen Li
  • Songli Mei

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Background: It is well known that some lifestyle-related behaviors are related to depressive symptoms, but the unique and cumulative effects of lifestyle-related behaviors on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents are still controversial. Aims: The aims of this study were to examine the unique and cumulative effects of lifestyle-related behaviors on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents, and explored the potential influences of gender difference on these associations. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 3967 Chinese adolescents aged 11 to 19 from Jilin, China during September and October of 2018. Students reported their lifestyle factors including sleep duration, time spent on computer, time spent on television, time spent on homework, eating breakfast, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and outdoor activity. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 28.2% among Chinese adolescents. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that sleep duration

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  • Ruilin Cao & Tingting Gao & Hui Ren & Yueyang Hu & Zeying Qin & Leilei Liang & Chuanen Li & Songli Mei, 2022. "Unique and cumulative effects of lifestyle-related behaviors on depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(2), pages 354-364, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:68:y:2022:i:2:p:354-364
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764021996739
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