@article{ref1,
title="What factors predict student self-rated physical health?",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="1998",
author="Vingilis, Evelyn R. and Wade, T. J. and Adlaf, Edward M.",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="83-97",
abstract="Data from a randomly selected sample of 840 Ontario students were used to examine factors that affect self-rated physical health. Analyses focused on demographics, family structure, family financial situation, child-parent relationship, school achievement, self-esteem, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use as factors which directly and indirectly influence self-rated health. Specifically, higher income, good child-parent relationship, higher interest and achievement in school, high self-esteem, not smoking, and being male were all positively and directly associated with higher self-ratings of health. Family structure was mediated by income, and school achievement and child-parent relationship were mediated by tobacco use and self-esteem. Our analyses suggest that student perceptions of physical health are affected by demographic, economic, social, psychological and competency factors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1006/jado.1997.0131",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jado.1997.0131"
}