Cited by 140Adolescent Health and BehaviorsHealth and Lifestyle StudiesSmoking Behavior and Cessation

Emerging Adulthood, Emergent Health Lifestyles: sociodemographic determinants of trajectories of smoking, binge drinking, obesity, and sedentary behavior

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Daw, Jonathan, Margolis, Rachel, Wright, Laura·2017·Journal of Health and Social Behavior

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During the transition to adulthood, many unhealthy behaviors are developed that in turn shape behaviors, health, and mortality in later life. However, research on unhealthy behaviors and risky transitions has mostly focused on one health problem at a time. In this article, we examine variation in health behavior trajectories, how trajectories cluster together, and how the likelihood of experiencing different behavior trajectories varies by sociodemographic characteristics. We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Waves I to IV to chart the most common health behavior trajectories over the transition to adulthood for cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and sedentary behavior. We find that health behavior trajectories cluster together in seven joint classes and that sociodemographic factors (including gender, parental education, and race-ethnicity) significantly predict membership in these joint trajectories.

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  • Only one study has examined health lifestyles as they develop from adolescence to young adulthood, but it limited behaviors to smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical activity.

    “To our knowledge, though, only one study has examined health lifestyles as they develop from adolescence to young adulthood, but this study limited behaviors to smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical activity (Daw et al., 2017).”

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Authors
Daw, J., Margolis, R., & Wright, L.
Affiliations
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Western University (CA)
  • University of Saskatchewan (CA)
Corresponding author
Daw, Jonathan
Venue
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Published
2017-04-17
Volume
58
Issue
2
Pages
181-197
ISSN
  • 0022-1465 (ISSN-L)
  • 2150-6000
OpenAlex
W2606247934
Cited by
140
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1
FWCI
14.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P2CHD041025)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Keywords
emerging adulthood, cigarette smoking, binge drinking, alcohol consumption, obesity, sedentary behavior, sociodemographic factors, coming of age, gender differences, parental education, race and ethnicity
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Aging, Female, Humans, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Theoretical, Obesity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Smoking, Health Behavior, Young Adult, Sedentary Behavior, Binge Drinking

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