Direct and Indirect Effects of Adolescent Self-Control of Emotions and Behavioral Expression on Adult Health Outcomes |
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| Authors: | Marja Kokkonen Taru Kinnunen Lea Pulkkinen |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Jyv?skyl? , P.O. Box 35, Agora, Jyv?skyl? University, FIN-40014, Finland;2. Department of Psychology , University of Jyv?skyl? , P.O. Box 35, Agora, Jyv?skyl? University, FIN-40014, Finland;3. Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology , Harvard School of Dental Medicine , Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Abstract: | In the ongoing Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, we examined the direct and indirect effects of self-control of emotions and behavioral expression, as rated by teachers at age 14, on various self-reported health outcomes at age 36 in 123 women and 129 men. The relation between independent and dependent variables was expected to be mediated by health-related behaviors at age 36 (exercise, tobacco use, heavy drinking). Path analysis showed that, in men, low self-control of emotions was linked to self-assessed poor health and physical symptoms indirectly via health-risk behaviors, but directly to disabilities. Behavioral expression at age 14, indexed by social activity, was directly linked to disabilities. In women, behavioral expression was unrelated to health outcomes, but low self-control of emotions was indirectly linked to self-assessed poor health, physical symptoms, and disabilities via health-risk behaviors. |
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| Keywords: | Self-control Of Emotions Self-assessed Health Health-risk Behavior Longitudinal Lisrel |
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