Health Behaviors of Colombian First-Semester University Students in Association with Behaviors of Close Social Ties, Living Arrangement, and Time Spent with Peers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Influences on Health Behaviors and Expectations
1.2. Hypotheses Development and Hypotheses
2. Method
2.1. Measures
2.1.1. Sociodemographic and Environmental Characteristics
2.1.2. Healthy Eating
2.1.3. Physical Activity
2.1.4. Alcohol Use
2.1.5. Health Behaviors of Social Ties
2.1.6. Social Ties’ Efforts to Encourage Health Risk Behaviors
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics
3.2. Health Behaviors and Living Arrangement
3.3. Social Ties’ Health Behaviors
3.4. Co-Residence with Social Ties
3.5. Social Ties’ Efforts to Encourage Health-Risk Behaviors
3.6. Time Spent with Peers
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations and Future Research
4.2. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
References
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Participant HB: Current Food Consumption | Participant HB: Current Physical Activity | Participant HB: Current # of Drinks Consumed Monthly | Participant HB: Current Binge Drinking | |||||||||
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B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Parents’ HB | 0.82 | 0.32 | 0.18 ** | 1.25 | 0.62 | 0.15 * | 1.59 | 0.60 | 0.19 * | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.29 ** |
Living with Parents | −1.06 | 0.87 | −0.14 | 3.31 | 1.44 | 0.23 * | 2.37 | 1.39 | 0.15 | 0.59 | 0.16 | 0.29 ** |
Parents’ HB x Living with Parents | −0.38 | 0.68 | −0.07 | −1.10 | 1.21 | −0.09 | 2.51 | 1.21 | 0.18 * | 0.47 | 0.14 | 0.27 ** |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.04 * | 0.04 * | 0.05 * | 0.14 ** | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 * | 0.05 ** | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.05 * | 0.05 * | 0.07 * | 0.19 ** | ||||||||
Participant HB: Expected Food Consumption | Participant HB: Expected Physical Activity | Participant HB: Expected # of Drinks Consumed Monthly | Participant HB: Expected Binge Drinking | |||||||||
B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Parents’ HB | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.08 | −0.46 | 0.62 | −0.01 | 1.80 | 0.67 | 0.19 * | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.22 ** |
Living with Parents | −2.46 | 0.94 | −0.31 ** | 2.08 | 1.46 | 0.14 | 4.17 | 1.55 | 0.23 * | 0.50 | 0.15 | 0.27 ** |
Parents’ HB x Living with Parents | −1.71 | 0.74 | −0.27 * | 0.01 | 1.22 | 0.01 | 2.52 | 1.36 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 0.13 | 0.26** |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.09 ** | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.03 * | 0.01 | 0.01 * | 0.05 ** | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.05 * | 0.04 | 0.08 * | 0.14 ** |
Participant HB: Current Food Consumption | Participant HB: Current Physical Activity | Participant HB: Current # of Drinks Consumed Monthly | Participant HB: Current Binge Drinking | |||||||||
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B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Parents’ HB | −0.10 | 0.64 | −0.02 | 1.46 | 2.06 | 0.18 | 2.19 | 1.62 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.40 * |
Parents’ Motivation UB | 0.95 | 0.39 | 0.26 * | 0.26 | 0.80 | 0.03 | −2.47 | 0.71 | −0.28* | −0.33 | 0.09 | −0.30 * |
Parents’ HB x Parents’ Motivation UB | 0.59 | 0.32 | 0.32 | −0.20 | 0.76 | −0.07 | −0.39 | 0.62 | −0.13 | −0.06 | 0.07 | −0.15 |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.04 * | 0.01 | 0.11 ** | 0.18 ** | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.02 * | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.06 * | 0.01 | 0.12 ** | 0.19 ** | ||||||||
Partners’ HB | 0.18 | 1.39 | 0.06 | −0.60 | 2.97 | −0.08 | 9.38 | 3.86 | 0.93 * | 1.27 | 0.37 | 1.15 * |
Partners’ Motivation UB | −0.83 | 0.60 | −0.023 | 0.63 | 1.04 | 0.09 | −3.00 | 1.35 | −0.31 * | −0.40 | 0.13 | −0.37 * |
Partners’ HB x Partners’ Motivation UB | −0.34 | 0.66 | −0.18 | 0.74 | 1.18 | 0.25 | −2.58 | 1.54 | −0.68 | −0.32 | 0.15 | −0.78 * |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.19 * | 0.35 ** | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 * | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.23 * | 0.40 * | ||||||||
Peers’ HB | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.19 | 0.87 | 1.37 | 0.11 | −0.49 | 1.23 | −0.06 | −0.10 | 0.15 | −0.09 |
Peers’ Motivation UB | −0.30 | 0.45 | −0.07 | 0.01 | 0.71 | 0.00 | −2.70 | 0.59 | −0.35 ** | −0.30 | 0.07 | −0.31 ** |
Peers’ HB x Peers’ Motivation UB | −0.22 | 0.45 | −.009 | −0.04 | 0.62 | −0.01 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.19 |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.11 ** | 0.09 * | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 ** | 0.10 * |
Participant HB: Current Food Consumption | Participant HB: Current Physical Activity | Participant HB: Current # of Drinks Consumed Monthly | Participant HB: Current Binge Drinking | |||||||||
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B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | |
Age | −0.43 | 0.24 | −0.13 | −0.69 | 0.48 | −0.11 | 0.17 | 2.63 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.01 | −0.04 |
Time with Peers | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.15 * | −0.13 | 0.07 | −0.14 ** | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.20 * | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 |
Living with Parents | −0.76 | 0.54 | −0.10 | 2.01 | 1.06 | 0.14 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.17 * |
Time with Peers x Living with Parents | −0.10 | 0.07 | −0.11 | −0.16 | 0.14 | −0.08 | −0.02 | 0.16 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
ΔR² Step 1 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 2 | 0.03 | 0.04 ** | 0.04 * | 0.04 * | ||||||||
ΔR² Step 3 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
R² Total | 0.06 | 0.06 ** | 0.05 * | 0.06 * |
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Gesualdo, C.; Pinquart, M.; Chamorro Coneo, A.; Mebarak Chams, M. Health Behaviors of Colombian First-Semester University Students in Association with Behaviors of Close Social Ties, Living Arrangement, and Time Spent with Peers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5370. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075370
Gesualdo C, Pinquart M, Chamorro Coneo A, Mebarak Chams M. Health Behaviors of Colombian First-Semester University Students in Association with Behaviors of Close Social Ties, Living Arrangement, and Time Spent with Peers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(7):5370. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075370
Chicago/Turabian StyleGesualdo, Chrys, Martin Pinquart, Ana Chamorro Coneo, and Moises Mebarak Chams. 2023. "Health Behaviors of Colombian First-Semester University Students in Association with Behaviors of Close Social Ties, Living Arrangement, and Time Spent with Peers" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 7: 5370. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075370