Publications by authors named "F Perales"

Article Synopsis
  • The study reviews the 24-hour movement behaviors of LGBTQA+ young people, highlighting significant health challenges they face compared to general population guidelines.
  • Fifty-six studies were analyzed, revealing that LGBTQA+ individuals are less likely to meet both physical activity and sleep guidelines, particularly among children and adolescents.
  • The findings suggest a need for better measurement tools and more focus on improving sleep and reducing sedentary behavior in LGBTQA+ youth.
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Workplace sexual harassment represents a critical risk to contemporary organizations, with evidence indicating that its prevalence is increasing. Research has consistently demonstrated that workplace-sexual-harassment victimization exerts negative impacts on employees' health and wellbeing. However, no empirical studies have examined how these impacts vary by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) status.

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Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are disadvantaged in terms of health and socio-economic status compared with heterosexual people, yet findings pertaining to educational outcomes vary depending on the specific identity and gender considered. This study delves into these unexplained findings by applying a social-stratification lens, thereby providing an account of how intergenerational educational mobility varies by sexual identity. To accomplish this, we use representative data from five OECD countries and a regression-based empirical specification relying on coarsened exact matching.

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Most adolescents do not meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. The before-school segment has been identified as one promising opportunity for intervention; however, there is a need for contextual understanding of PA in this segment. This study aimed to examine: a) adolescents' PA levels across various locations before school (6:00am - school start), b) contributions of before-school PA to daily PA and PA guidelines, and c) correlates of location-specific before-school PA.

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Understanding adolescents' physical activity levels and underpinning contextual factors is crucial for health promotion. This cross-sectional study, using 24-hour time use diaries and sociodemographic variables from the , addressed gaps in understanding of physical activity in the before-school segment (the time between waking up and commencing classes). The study examined ) adolescents' time spent in before-school physical activity, focusing on location and shared presence, and ) sociodemographic correlates of before-school physical activity.

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