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Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study

BACKGROUND: Young adults face radical life changes regarding residence, marriage, family and work that may negatively impact their health behaviours. Therefore, we investigated the associations of the number of daily hassles and life events and their subjective appraisal with physical activity and s...

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Autores principales: Uijtdewilligen, Léonie, Singh, Amika S, Chinapaw, Mai J, Koppes, Lando LJ, van Mechelen, Willem, Twisk, Jos WR
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25308800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1067
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author Uijtdewilligen, Léonie
Singh, Amika S
Chinapaw, Mai J
Koppes, Lando LJ
van Mechelen, Willem
Twisk, Jos WR
author_facet Uijtdewilligen, Léonie
Singh, Amika S
Chinapaw, Mai J
Koppes, Lando LJ
van Mechelen, Willem
Twisk, Jos WR
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description BACKGROUND: Young adults face radical life changes regarding residence, marriage, family and work that may negatively impact their health behaviours. Therefore, we investigated the associations of the number of daily hassles and life events and their subjective appraisal with physical activity and screen time in young adulthood. METHODS: Data came from participants of the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS). Self-reported physical activity (min/wk) was used from wave 6 (1991; mean age 27), wave 7 (1993; mean age 29), wave 8 (1996/1997; mean age 32) and 9 (2000; mean age 36). Self-reported screen time (h/wk) was assessed in waves 8 and 9. The number and the appraisal of daily hassles and major life events were assessed with the Everyday Problem Checklist and Life Events List, respectively (including five life event domains, i.e.: health, work, home/family, personal/social relations, and finances). The final sample included 474 participants for the physical activity analyses and 475 participants for the screen time analyses. To test the longitudinal associations of daily hassles and life events with physical activity and screen time, univariable and multivariable Generalised Estimating Equations were performed. Effect modification by gender was tested. RESULTS: Physical activity levels were higher in those who had experienced more daily hassles. People who reported higher subjective appraisal in the work and finances life event domains also had higher levels of physical activity, although only the subjective appraisal in the finances domain remained significant in the multivariable model. No significant associations between number and subjective appraisal of daily hassles and life events and screen time were observed. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of specific life events may be more influential for people’s physical activity behaviour than their respective sum or emotional tone. Still, the assessment of daily hassles may be a relevant addition in this research field. Finally, we suggest that daily hassles and life events are less important for explaining screen time behaviour than for physical activity.
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spelling pubmed-42135092014-10-31 Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study Uijtdewilligen, Léonie Singh, Amika S Chinapaw, Mai J Koppes, Lando LJ van Mechelen, Willem Twisk, Jos WR BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Young adults face radical life changes regarding residence, marriage, family and work that may negatively impact their health behaviours. Therefore, we investigated the associations of the number of daily hassles and life events and their subjective appraisal with physical activity and screen time in young adulthood. METHODS: Data came from participants of the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS). Self-reported physical activity (min/wk) was used from wave 6 (1991; mean age 27), wave 7 (1993; mean age 29), wave 8 (1996/1997; mean age 32) and 9 (2000; mean age 36). Self-reported screen time (h/wk) was assessed in waves 8 and 9. The number and the appraisal of daily hassles and major life events were assessed with the Everyday Problem Checklist and Life Events List, respectively (including five life event domains, i.e.: health, work, home/family, personal/social relations, and finances). The final sample included 474 participants for the physical activity analyses and 475 participants for the screen time analyses. To test the longitudinal associations of daily hassles and life events with physical activity and screen time, univariable and multivariable Generalised Estimating Equations were performed. Effect modification by gender was tested. RESULTS: Physical activity levels were higher in those who had experienced more daily hassles. People who reported higher subjective appraisal in the work and finances life event domains also had higher levels of physical activity, although only the subjective appraisal in the finances domain remained significant in the multivariable model. No significant associations between number and subjective appraisal of daily hassles and life events and screen time were observed. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of specific life events may be more influential for people’s physical activity behaviour than their respective sum or emotional tone. Still, the assessment of daily hassles may be a relevant addition in this research field. Finally, we suggest that daily hassles and life events are less important for explaining screen time behaviour than for physical activity. BioMed Central 2014-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4213509/ /pubmed/25308800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1067 Text en © Uijtdewilligen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Uijtdewilligen, Léonie
Singh, Amika S
Chinapaw, Mai J
Koppes, Lando LJ
van Mechelen, Willem
Twisk, Jos WR
Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
title Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
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title_fullStr Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
title_short Number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
title_sort number and appraisal of daily hassles and life events in young adulthood: the association with physical activity and screen time: a longitudinal cohort study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25308800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1067
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