Skipping breakfast, poor sleep quality, and Internet usage and their relation with unhappiness in Japanese adolescents.
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
/ physiology
Breakfast
/ physiology
Child Welfare
/ psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Happiness
Humans
Internet
Japan
Life Style
Male
Sadness
/ physiology
Schools
/ organization & administration
Sleep
/ physiology
Students
/ psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
/ statistics & numerical data
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
07
08
2019
accepted:
12
06
2020
entrez:
28
7
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
10
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Subjective happiness is often regarded as a major life goal. Although Japan is an economically powerful country, the level of subjective well-being reported among Japanese adolescents is lower than in other countries. We aimed to investigate the lifestyle factors related to unhappiness in Japanese adolescents. We collected data through the 2017-2018 Lifestyle Survey of Adolescents, a nationally representative cross-sectional study enrolled in randomly selected junior and senior high schools throughout Japan. We assessed the prevalence of subjective unhappiness in junior and senior high school students according to school life factors and daily lifestyle habits. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to examine the associations between these factors and unhappiness. A total of 64,329 students were included in the sample (mean age 15.7 years, 53.9% boys). The average prevalence of unhappiness was 10.2%. The logistic regression analyses indicated that unhappiness was strongly associated with being male and with engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as not having breakfast, poor sleep quality, and some problematic Internet usage. Although the prevalence of unhappiness was significantly higher among current smokers and alcohol drinkers, these behaviors were not associated with unhappiness in the multivariable logistic regression analysis. Unhappiness among Japanese adolescents appears to be strongly related to how they spend their daily life. We therefore consider it desirable for school officials to educate students on the importance of happiness and lifestyle factors conducive to happiness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32716944
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235252
pii: PONE-D-19-22250
pmc: PMC7384641
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0235252Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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