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Behavioral Health in Adolescence and Young Adults

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 10927

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Prof. Dr. Jesús De La Fuente

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School of Education and Psychology, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: educational psychology; academic emotions, teaching and leaning process; academic stress; R & D project; psychological innovation; univerity students
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Prof. Dr. Evangelina Karagiannopoulou

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School of Social Sciences, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
Interests: educational psychology; achievement emotions
Dr. Silvia Pignata

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STEM Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Interests: work stress; academic stress; university interventions; psychosocial safety; workplace digitalization; digital communication; organizational stress and well-being interventions; aviation psychology; human factors
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Behavioral (psychological) health, unlike physical (biomedical) health, refers to psychosocial, personal and contextual factors that promote psychological well-being through behaviors inherent to health. The evolutionary stage of adolescence and young adults is essential, due to the impact and effects it has on development, when it comes to consolidating protective behavioral factors as risk factors for it.

The contributions of theoretical foundations and evidence on the preventive vs. risk role of personal (emotional and cognitive) and contextual characteristics (formal, non-formal, and informal environments) is decisive for establishing appropriate psychological assessment and intervention strategies. Additionally, a good analysis of prevention and intervention strategies (primary and secondary) that are used would decisively contribute to the consolidation of clear conceptual models and behavioral preventive strategies. In addition, the knowledge and analysis of psychological strategies and tertiary and quaternary prevention actions can contribute to this end.

We invite specialist colleagues to send their contributions to this topic, with an unequivocal psychoeducational, psychosocial, or clinical psychology vision, involved in behavioral health. It is essential to advance in the knowledge of evidence-based programs and their results. This will contribute to the scientific–professional knowledge of reliable and valid programs of a psychological nature in order to advance in a behavioral vision, complementary to the biomedical vision, of current health problems, both chronic and non-chronic.

Prof. Dr. Jesús De La Fuente
Prof. Dr. Evangelina Karagiannopoulou
Dr. Silvia Pignata
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Keywords

  • health behavior
  • psychological well-being
  • health psychology
  • educational psychology
  • social and organizational psychology
  • clinical psychology

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The Interrelationship of Loneliness, Smartphone Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Students’ Attention in English as a Foreign Language Class
by Po-Chi Kao
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3460; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043460 - 16 Feb 2023
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In this study, a research model comprising four variables (loneliness, smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and students’ attention in English as a foreign language class) was proposed and statistically examined. Previous literature has appeared to neglect these variables, which are considered to be essential [...] Read more.
In this study, a research model comprising four variables (loneliness, smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and students’ attention in English as a foreign language class) was proposed and statistically examined. Previous literature has appeared to neglect these variables, which are considered to be essential to understanding students’ attention in EFL (English as a foreign language) class among college students. A total of 587 undergraduate students were recruited from a university in Taiwan to participate in the present study. The technique of structural equation modeling was adopted to test the hypotheses in the conceptual model. The findings of this study are: (1) smartphone addiction has a significant negative impact on students’ attention in EFL class; (2) smartphone addiction has a significant negative impact on sleep quality; (3) sleep quality has a significant positive impact on students’ attention in EFL class; (4) sleep quality partially mediates the relationship between smartphone addiction and students’ attention in EFL class; (5) loneliness has a significant positive effect on smartphone addiction. The results can enrich the present literature in the psychology of attention and mobile technology by providing an insight into the dynamics of these four variables. Full article
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Research on the Influence of Non-Cognitive Ability and Social Support Perception on College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention
by Wentao Si, Qi Yan, Wenshu Wang, Lin Meng and Maocong Zhang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 11981; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911981 - 22 Sep 2022
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The entrepreneurship of college students is an important issue related to the harmony and sustainable development of society as a whole. At present, the existing research in the industry pays less attention to the influence mechanism of non-cognitive ability and social support perception [...] Read more.
The entrepreneurship of college students is an important issue related to the harmony and sustainable development of society as a whole. At present, the existing research in the industry pays less attention to the influence mechanism of non-cognitive ability and social support perception on college students’ entrepreneurial intention. Using 450 survey data, this paper examines the relationship between non-cognitive ability and college students’ entrepreneurial intention in terms of five dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability. At the same time, it focuses on the role of social environmental factors, namely, social support perception in the relationship between the non-cognitive ability and entrepreneurial intention, and explores the influence path. The results show that openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, and emotional stability have significant positive effects on entrepreneurial intention; agreeableness has no significant effect on entrepreneurial intention; openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability have significant positive effects on social support perception. The mediating effect of social support perception is as follows—it is part of the intermediary effect between openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and emotional stability on entrepreneurial intention; within the influence of agreeableness on entrepreneurial intention, it plays a complete intermediary role. This paper enriches the research results on the impact of non-cognitive ability on entrepreneurial intention, reveals the intermediary effect of social support perception on the impact of non-cognitive ability on college students’ entrepreneurial intention, and broadens the field of vision for the study of college students’ entrepreneurial intention. The research results can provide a decision-making reference for the promotion of the entrepreneurial intention of college students, alleviating the employment pressure of college graduates in China and promoting sustainable economic development. Full article
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A Path Analysis Model of Self- vs. Educational-Context- Regulation as Combined Predictors of Well-Being in Spanish College Students
by Claudia López-Madrigal, Javier García-Manglano and Jesús de la Fuente Arias
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 10223; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610223 - 17 Aug 2022
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Previous literature has established the importance of personal and contextual factors in college students’ trajectories. Following the Self- vs. External-Regulation Behavior Theory (2021) and the 3P Biggs Model, the present study aimed at analyzing a structural linear model that validates the joint effect [...] Read more.
Previous literature has established the importance of personal and contextual factors in college students’ trajectories. Following the Self- vs. External-Regulation Behavior Theory (2021) and the 3P Biggs Model, the present study aimed at analyzing a structural linear model that validates the joint effect of self-regulation, educational context, age, and gender (as personal and contextual presage variables) with other meta-abilities, such as coping strategies, resilience, and positivity (process variables), and specific well-being outcomes, such as flourishing and health (product variables). A sample of 1310 Spanish college students was analyzed, aged 17 to 25, and a cross-sectional study with an ex post facto design was performed. Association and structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using SPSS software (v.26) and AMOS (v.23). Results show that individual and contextual factors have an important role in the acquisition of psychological competencies in young adults. Self-regulation was proven to be an important meta-ability that predicts personal well-being and behavioral health outcomes. Complementarily, educational context was shown to be an external predictor of other skills, such as problem-focused strategies, and positive outcomes such as flourishing and behavioral health. Practical implications and limitations are discussed. Full article
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