Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns

The cross-sectional association between measures of subjective well-being (SWB) and various health behaviors is well-established. In this 9-year (2003–2012) follow-up study, we explored how a composite indicator of SWB (range 4–20) with four items (interest, happiness, and ease in life, as well as p...

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Autores principales: Säde Stenlund, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Lauri Sillanmäki, Hanna Lagström, Päivi Rautava, Sakari Suominen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e5c532a250424db3b2e5b689384235b82021-11-18T04:48:08ZSubjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns2211-335510.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101635https://doaj.org/article/e5c532a250424db3b2e5b689384235b82021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521003260https://doaj.org/toc/2211-3355The cross-sectional association between measures of subjective well-being (SWB) and various health behaviors is well-established. In this 9-year (2003–2012) follow-up study, we explored how a composite indicator of SWB (range 4–20) with four items (interest, happiness, and ease in life, as well as perceived loneliness) predicts a composite health behavior measure (range 0–4) including dietary habits, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking status. Study subjects (n = 10,855) originated from a population-based random sample of working-age Finns in the Health and Social Support study (HeSSup). According to linear regression analysis, better SWB predicted better health behavior sum score with a β = 0.019 (p < 0.001) with a maximum effect of 0.3 points after adjusting for age (p = 0.038), gender (p < 0.001), education (p = 0.55), baseline self-reported diseases (p = 0.020), baseline health behavior (β = 0.49, p < 0.001), and the interaction between SWB and education (p < 0.001). The results suggest that SWB has long-term positive effect on health behavior. Thus, interventions aiming at health behavioral changes could benefit from taking into account SWB and its improvement in the intervention.Säde StenlundHeli Koivumaa-HonkanenLauri SillanmäkiHanna LagströmPäivi RautavaSakari SuominenElsevierarticleSubjective well-beingLife satisfactionHealth behaviorLongitudinal studyFollow-upMedicineRENPreventive Medicine Reports, Vol 24, Iss , Pp 101635- (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Subjective well-being
Life satisfaction
Health behavior
Longitudinal study
Follow-up
Medicine
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spellingShingle Subjective well-being
Life satisfaction
Health behavior
Longitudinal study
Follow-up
Medicine
R
Säde Stenlund
Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
Lauri Sillanmäki
Hanna Lagström
Päivi Rautava
Sakari Suominen
Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
description The cross-sectional association between measures of subjective well-being (SWB) and various health behaviors is well-established. In this 9-year (2003–2012) follow-up study, we explored how a composite indicator of SWB (range 4–20) with four items (interest, happiness, and ease in life, as well as perceived loneliness) predicts a composite health behavior measure (range 0–4) including dietary habits, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking status. Study subjects (n = 10,855) originated from a population-based random sample of working-age Finns in the Health and Social Support study (HeSSup). According to linear regression analysis, better SWB predicted better health behavior sum score with a β = 0.019 (p < 0.001) with a maximum effect of 0.3 points after adjusting for age (p = 0.038), gender (p < 0.001), education (p = 0.55), baseline self-reported diseases (p = 0.020), baseline health behavior (β = 0.49, p < 0.001), and the interaction between SWB and education (p < 0.001). The results suggest that SWB has long-term positive effect on health behavior. Thus, interventions aiming at health behavioral changes could benefit from taking into account SWB and its improvement in the intervention.
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author Säde Stenlund
Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
Lauri Sillanmäki
Hanna Lagström
Päivi Rautava
Sakari Suominen
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Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
Lauri Sillanmäki
Hanna Lagström
Päivi Rautava
Sakari Suominen
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title Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
title_short Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
title_full Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
title_fullStr Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
title_full_unstemmed Subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged Finns
title_sort subjective well-being predicts health behavior in a population-based 9-years follow-up of working-aged finns
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