Gender Differences for Health Indicators in a Sample of School Dropout Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Background: The ever-increasing prevalence of school dropout (SD) highlights the need to gain insight into risk factors for dropout causes and consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences for health indicators in a sample of school dropout adolescents. Methods: Data wer...

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Autores principales: Mastorci, Francesca, Lazzeri, Maria Francesca Lodovica, Piaggi, Paolo, Doveri, Cristina, Casu, Anselmo, Trivellini, Gabriele, Marinaro, Irene, Bardelli, Andrea, Pingitore, Alessandro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805512
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137852
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author Mastorci, Francesca
Lazzeri, Maria Francesca Lodovica
Piaggi, Paolo
Doveri, Cristina
Casu, Anselmo
Trivellini, Gabriele
Marinaro, Irene
Bardelli, Andrea
Pingitore, Alessandro
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Lazzeri, Maria Francesca Lodovica
Piaggi, Paolo
Doveri, Cristina
Casu, Anselmo
Trivellini, Gabriele
Marinaro, Irene
Bardelli, Andrea
Pingitore, Alessandro
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description Background: The ever-increasing prevalence of school dropout (SD) highlights the need to gain insight into risk factors for dropout causes and consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences for health indicators in a sample of school dropout adolescents. Methods: Data were collected regarding 450 adolescent’s SD (19 ± 2 years; 308 males), and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and risk behaviors were assessed by means of a standardized questionnaire. Results: The results revealed that the female population was characterized by a compromised health indicator profile in terms of both risk behaviors and HRQoL dimensions. Conclusion: These findings indicate that SD is a multidimensional phenomenon, for which the implementation of multiple educational, social, and psychological policies aimed at mitigating the issue are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-92661472022-07-09 Gender Differences for Health Indicators in a Sample of School Dropout Adolescents: A Pilot Study Mastorci, Francesca Lazzeri, Maria Francesca Lodovica Piaggi, Paolo Doveri, Cristina Casu, Anselmo Trivellini, Gabriele Marinaro, Irene Bardelli, Andrea Pingitore, Alessandro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The ever-increasing prevalence of school dropout (SD) highlights the need to gain insight into risk factors for dropout causes and consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences for health indicators in a sample of school dropout adolescents. Methods: Data were collected regarding 450 adolescent’s SD (19 ± 2 years; 308 males), and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and risk behaviors were assessed by means of a standardized questionnaire. Results: The results revealed that the female population was characterized by a compromised health indicator profile in terms of both risk behaviors and HRQoL dimensions. Conclusion: These findings indicate that SD is a multidimensional phenomenon, for which the implementation of multiple educational, social, and psychological policies aimed at mitigating the issue are recommended. MDPI 2022-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9266147/ /pubmed/35805512 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137852 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Casu, Anselmo
Trivellini, Gabriele
Marinaro, Irene
Bardelli, Andrea
Pingitore, Alessandro
Gender Differences for Health Indicators in a Sample of School Dropout Adolescents: A Pilot Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805512
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137852
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