Kristine A Madsen, Hannah R Thompson, Jennifer Linchey, Lorrene D Ritchie, Shalika Gupta, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Patricia B Crawford, Charles E McCulloch, Ana Ibarra-Castro
Effect of School-Based Body Mass Index Reporting in California Public Schools: A Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA pediatrics
promoting positive mental health particularly enhancing competencies prosocial behaviors learning skills may help prevent development health risk behaviors adolescence thus support future wellbeing studies examined mental health competencies childhood associated adolescent health risk behaviors could inform preventative approaches using uk millennium cohort study data n 10142 examined mental health competence mhc measured end elementary school 11 years associated selfreported use cigarettes ecigarettes alcohol illegal drugs antisocial behavior sexual contact another young person age 14 years latent measure mhc used capturing aspects prosocial behavior learning skills categorized high mhc highmoderate mhc moderate mhc low mhc logistic multinomial regression estimated odds ratios relative risk ratios binary categorical outcomes respectively adjusting confounders weights accounted sample design attrition multiple imputation item missingness low moderate highmoderate mhc age 11 years likely taken part health risk behaviors age 14 years compared high mhc largest associations seen low mhc binge drinking relative risk ratio 16 95 confidence interval 1124 tried cigarettes odds ratio 22 95 confidence interval 1631 tried illegal drugs odds ratio 20 95 confidence interval 1331 adjusting confounders attenuated results largely maintained significant findings mhc late childhood associated health risk behaviors midadolescence interventions increase childrens mhc may support healthy development adolescence potential improve health wellbeing adulthood