title: Health habits and depression in adolescence.
abstract: In a study of the relationship between health habits and depression, 80 high school students, selected on an availability basis, were administered a Health Behaviors Questionnaire (HBQ) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The HBQ and the BDI significantly correlated (r=0.43p<0.01). Those who smoked were more frequently depressed than those who did not (X (2)=10.5p<0.05), and those who used drugs other than marijuana were depressed more frequently than those who did not (X (2)=9.2p<0.01). Mildly overweight boys (overweight by more than 5% of their ideal weight) and mildly under-weight boys (underweight by more than 5% of their ideal weight) were more.
authors: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, Post Office Box 38, 11040, Glen Oaks, New York.
authors: S L
authors: SL
authors: Kaplan
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nussbaum
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Skomorowsky
authors: I R
authors: IR
authors: Shenker
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ramsey