Lifestyle behaviors and mental health of American adults.
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that individuals reporting healthy lifestyle behaviors would also report better self-rated mental health. Logistic regression analyses were conducted utilizing SUDAAN on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey data set. This descriptive analysis suggests that persons reporting poor mental health were more likely to report unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. This set of findings encourages careful design of experimental studies of empirically based associations of mental health and life style, using psychometrically sound measures. Then public health programs focused on change of health-related behaviors might be more suitably devised.
Chaney
Elizabeth H
EH
Division of Health Education, Texas A&M University, MS 4243, College Station, TX 77843-4243, USA. bchaney@hlkn.tamu.edu
Chaney
J Don
JD
Wang
Min Qi
MQ
Eddy
James M
JM
D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D012919:Social Behavior; D014481:United States