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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Public Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Public Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2251-6085</Issn>
      <Volume>44</Volume>
      <Issue>6</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Psychological Well-Being (PWB) of School Adolescents Aged 12-18 yr, its Correlation with General Levels of Physical Activity (PA) and Socio-Demographic Factors In Gilgit, Pakistan</title>
    <FirstPage>804</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>813</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Yasmin</FirstName>
        <LastName>KHAN</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Muhammad Hussain</FirstName>
        <LastName>TAGHDISI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Keramat</FirstName>
        <LastName>NOURIJELYANI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>10</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>10</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by complex transitions. The purpose of study was to assess school adolescents&#x2019; PWB, examine the relationship of PA and socio-demographic factors with PWB.

Methods: A cross sectional study conducted in five randomly selected schools with 345 adolescents (aged 12-18) from grade 6th-10th. A self-administered Well-Being index was adapted to measure PWB and questionnaire for adoles-cents PA (PAQ-A). Socio-demographic variables determined: age, gender, household income and parental education. Bivariate and multivariate regression analyses performed to examine the association between PWB, PA and covariates.

Results: Findings indicated the mean age 14.64 (SD=1.275), 55.4% were female. Without gender difference the ma-jority (43.4%) of adolescents showed moderate, while (23.2%) revealed low level of PWB. Participants with low level likely to have depression but scores were significantly not different between low, moderate and high PWB with PA. Socio-demographic trends of adolescents&#x2019; were observed significant (P &lt;0.005) for PWB. In multivariable analysis the mean wellbeing in females adjusted for other covariates was significant (P =0.004) than males. PWB importantly (P &lt;0.001) decreased by 3.36 units as its covariates increased and PA score in boys found 0.05 unit more than girls.

Conclusion: The study results are invaluable in addressing low, moderate and high levels of PWB. Inadequate PA and PWB decreasing with some socio-demographic covariates is crucial health issue among female adolescents in Pakistan. Further studies need to find barrier, social indicators of PWB and implication of health among adolescents.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3301</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/3301/3029</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
