Quality of life in 13-year-olds depending on health status, residential neighbourhood deprivation and social capital - results from the Polish HBSC Study 2010-2018.

Introduction And Objective: Health-related quality of life (HRQL) should be used more extensively in monitoring the health of school-aged children. The presented study aimed to evaluate trends in KIDSCREEN-10 indices, considering mean scores and the level of social inequalities.

Material And Methods: 3,937 children aged 13 participated in three Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) cross-sectional surveys conducted in Poland between 2010-2018.

Self-Regulation in Adolescents: Polish Adaptation and Validation of the Self-Regulation Scale.

Self-regulation is associated with life satisfaction, well-being, and life success. For adolescents, who may be exposed to peer pressure and engage in risky behaviors, the ability to self-regulate or control emotions, thoughts, and behaviors is crucial for healthy development. While self-regulatory skills have long been recognized as important for many areas of life, instruments to measure self-regulation remain limited, especially in Poland.

Chronic health conditions and school experience in school-aged children in 19 European countries.

This study investigates chronic conditions (CC) prevalence among children in mainstream schools, their school experience and life satisfaction in Europe. Data were collected from the 2017/2018 HBSC survey, a cross-national study using self-reported questionnaires administered in classrooms. Nationally representative samples of children aged 11, 13, and 15 years in mainstream schools from 19 European countries (n = 104,812) were used.

Hospital schools during COVID-19: Teachers' perspective.

Temporary lockdowns have been introduced in many countries as a preventive measure against the spread of the virus in 2020 and 2021. School closures and remote education have posed some difficulties for both students and teachers. A qualitative study and the semi-structured interview method was chosen to collect hospital teachers' insights into their work experiences during the pandemic.

Demographic analysis of difficulties related to remote education in Poland from the perspective of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction And Objective: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all schools in Poland were closed and obliged to conduct lessons remotely. The aim of the study is to present the demographic analysis of difficulties with remote learning, as perceived by students during coronavirus pandemic in Poland.

Material And Methods: In April 2020, a nationwide online survey was conducted among adolescents aged 11-18 (N=2408).

Social and Behavioral Predictors of Adolescents' Positive Attitude towards Life and Self.

Positive attitude is an important cognitive component of optimism. Although optimism has been widely studied in adolescents' health, there is limited knowledge about social and behavioral determinants of their positive attitude. The aim of this study was to identify the main predictors of a positive attitude towards life and self in adolescence.

The Polish version of the short scale measuring health literacy in adolescence.

Objective: Background: Recent years saw the development of international tools for measuring health competencies understood as health literacy (HL). One of them is the short index Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) implemented by the members of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) network. So far, when researching the properties of this instrument, less attention has been devoted to the correlation of HLSAC with other tools related to health.

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviours and Duration of Sleep as Factors Affecting the Well-Being of Young People against the Background of Environmental Moderators.

Mental health problems during adolescence are becoming increasingly frequent. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total impact of selected behavioural and environmental factors on the variability of mental well-being indexes of young people aged 15 to 17 years. The survey, conducted as part of the last round of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) 2017/18 study, covered 3693 secondary school students in Poland at the average age of 16.

What does the Cantril Ladder measure in adolescence?

Introduction: The Cantril Scale (CS) is a simple visual scale which makes it possible to assess general life satisfaction. The result may depend on the health, living, and studying conditions, and quality of social relations. The objective of this study is to identify key factors influencing the CS score in Polish adolescents.

Behavioural factors enhancing mental health - preliminary results of the study on its association with physial activity in 15 to 16 year olds.

Introduction: Reliable information on the influence of behavioural factors on adolescent mental health may help to implement more effective intervention programmes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether physical activity influences the variability of selected indices of mental health.

Methods: The study comprised 2,015 students aged 15-16, who were investigated as part of the HBSC survey (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) in the 2013/14 school year.

Burden of chronic health conditions in adolescence measured by school surveys.

Unlabelled: The Chronic Conditions Short Questionnaire (CCSQ) included as an optional package in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study protocol identifies adolescents with chronic conditions, and helps to understand the psychosocial impact of such illnesses. However, reliability of the results depends on the proper definition of the group with chronic conditions.

The Aim: of this paper is to report on the validity of self-reported data on chronic conditions obtained from the CCSQ questionnaire used in a large school-based population study.

Changes in family socio-economic status as predictors of self-efficacy in 13-year-old Polish adolescents.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the impact that raised mother's education and a relative change in family affluence might have on adolescent general self-efficacy (GSE).

Methods: Data on 600 children born in Poland in January 1995 and their families were used. Data from early childhood and adolescence (2008) were considered and the change between these two periods was determined.

[The styles of coping in stressful situations and the strain of psychological complaints in relation to tobacco smoking in senior secondary school adolescents].

Introduction: A stress-coping style is a relatively constant tendency to apply specific methods of coping with a situation perceived as stressful. The study examined the links between stress-coping styles and tobacco smoking among young people. The strain of psychological complaints was also considered.

[The relationship between casual paid work, the use of psychoactive substances and school problems among upper secondary school students].

Background: The issue of casual work is rarely mentioned in Poland in the studies of adolescent health and its determinants. The article includes a preliminary analysis of the links among work, psychoactive substance abuse and school problems in older adolescents.

Material And Methods: The examined data relate to the age-homogenous group of 989 upper secondary-school students surveyed in 2011.

[Family and peer factors related to alcohol abuse and smoking by 15-year-old youth].

Introduction: A characteristic feature of the period of adolescence is to experiment with e.g. alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking.

Peer victimization and subjective health among students reporting disability or chronic illness in 11 Western countries.

Background: To compare the strength of the association between peer victimization at school and subjective health according to the disability or chronic illness (D/CI) status of students across countries.

Methods: This study used data from 55 030 students aged 11, 13 and 15 years from 11 countries participating in the 2005-06 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. Self-completed questionnaires were administered in classrooms.

[Self-esteem predictors in adolescents with diabetes].

Introduction: Self-esteem is the conviction concerning self-satisfaction and self-assessment of one's competence. It can influence the overall emotional state, and determine the motivation to take actions of characteristic teenagers.

Objective: Presentation of the results of research on predictors of self-esteem in healthy adolescents and their peers with diabetes.

Psychological determinants of selected eating behaviours in adolescents.

Background: In population studies, we can follow the occurrence of initial symptoms of abnormal eating behaviours which may, but do not have to, lead to clinical manifestation of serious associated health problems, such as overweight or obesity, anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. THE MAIN AIM: of this study was to determine to what extent psychosocial factors are associated with selected eating behaviours, such as: dietary restrictions, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating.

Material And Methods: Data from the postal survey conducted in 2008 on the sample of 605 children born in Poland in January 1995 served as a basis of this study.

School meals and policy on promoting healthy eating in schools in Poland.

Aim: to diagnose the situation regarding the infrastructure, organization of school meals, the kind of products available for students at school and the school policy on the promotion of healthy eating in the context of the increasing frequency of obesity among children and young people.

Method And Material: The research tool was the questionnaire "School environment and health", including a section on the facilities, organization of meals and the school's policy on healthy eating. It made use of the questions from the international HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) school questionnaire.

[Body perception among determinants of self-rated health in 13-year-old adolescents in Poland].

Unlabelled: The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of body image on the subjective health of adolescents, taking into consideration the modifying factors.

Material And Methods: The data were collected in 2008 as part of a postal survey conducted among 605 children born in Poland in January 1995. Self-reported health was analysed in two categories: 1) excellent or very good health; 2) good, fair or poor health.

[Health-related quality of life in 13-year-old Polish adolescents measured by CHQ-PF28 questionnaire in relation to family socioeconomic status in the first year of life].

Aim: To evaluate the impact of living conditions in early childhood on the health-related quality of life (HRQL - Health-related Quality of Life) among 13-year-olds.

Material And Methods: A prospective, three-phase study was carried out on the sample of 605 children born in January 1995 and on their parents. Standardized HRQL scores obtained from the Polish version of the CHQ-PF28 (Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form) questionnaire was used as outcome measure.

[Application of the Polish version of CHQ-PF28 questionnaire in two population studies carried out in 2003 and 2008].

Aim: To conduct a psychometric analysis of the Polish version of the CHQ-PF28 questionnaire for measuring the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of children and adolescents, on the basis of two population studies carried out in 2003 and 2008.

Material And Methods: The CHQ-PF28 questionnaire was completed by parents of 1093 adolescents surveyed in 2003 and by parents of 605 adolescents surveyed in 2008. The average age of children was similar (13.

[Chronic diseases and perception of school demands among school children aged 11-15 years in Poland].

Background: There are children for whom because of chronic diseases, functioning in school is more difficult. They are absent more often, causing gaps in knowledge and isolation from peer group. These pupils need extra support in order to make normal school progress without the need to move to special schools or individual schooling.

[Tobacco smoking and risky behaviour taking by youth].

The mechanism underlying the association between smoking and other risky behaviours is not clear. In the most of papers smoking is considered as dependent variable. The aim of this study was to recognize tobacco smoking as predictor of more general syndrome measured on Adolescent Risk-Taking Scale (ARTS).