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Choice of transport mode in emerging adulthood: differences between secondary school students, studying young adults and working young adults and relations with gender, SES and living environment Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Background Encouraging sustainable travel behavior in emerging adults is important because this transport choice might persist into adulthood. However, research on transport habits in emerging adulthood is scarce. This study aimed to examine potential differences in walking, cycling, car use and public transport use between three groups of emerging adults (secondary school students (17–18 yrs), studying young adults (18–25 yrs) and working young ...
Understanding eating behavior during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood: A literature review and perspective on future research directions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction: Eating behavior often becomes unhealthier during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, but not much is known about the factors that drive this change. We assess the available evidence on this topic through a literature review and pay special attention to the research designs employed in the studies available as well as the modifiability of the factors investigated in previous research. Method: We systematically ...
Changes in physical activity patterns from adolescence to young adulthood: the BELINDA study Ghent University
Physical activity (PA) is recognized as a marker of health. The aim was to investigate PA differences from adolescence to young adulthood. European adolescents included in the HELENA study were invited to participate in a follow-up study, 10 years later. The present study included 141 adults (25.0 +/- 1.4 years) for whom valid accelerometer data were available in adolescence and adulthood. Changes in PA by sex, weight and maternal education ...
High school dropout and long-term sickness and disability in young adulthood: a prospective propensity score stratified cohort study (the Young-HUNT study) KU Leuven
Background High school dropout and long-term sickness absence/disability pension in young adulthood are strongly associated. We investigated whether common risk factors in adolescence may confound this association. Methods Data from 6612 school-attending adolescents (13--20 years old) participating in the Norwegian Young-HUNT1 Survey (1995--1997) was linked to long-term sickness absence or disability pension from age 24--29 years old, recorded ...
Cognitive biases and alcohol use in adolescence and young adulthood: the moderating role of gender, attentional control and inhibitory control KU Leuven University of Antwerp
The present study investigated the cross-sectional associations between cognitive biases (i.e., attentional bias and approach bias) and alcohol use and investigated the moderating role of gender, attentional control and inhibitory control. The sample consisted of 94 adolescents and young adults (52.1% boys) between 15.3 and 20.8years old (M age =18.0, SD=1.1) who reported drinking alcohol in the past three months. A stronger approach bias was ...
Neurobiological correlates of antisociality across adolescence and young adulthood: a multi-sample, multi-method study KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Antisociality across adolescence and young adulthood puts individuals at high risk of developing a variety of problems. Prior research has linked antisociality to autonomic nervous system and endocrinological functioning. However, there is large heterogeneity in antisocial behaviors, and these neurobiological measures are rarely studied conjointly, limited to small specific studies with narrow age ranges, and yield mixed findings due ...
Identity in young adulthood: Links with mental health and risky behavior KU Leuven
The present study was conducted to contribute to our understanding of young adult identity development by deriving latent profiles from intrapersonal and interpersonal indices of identity synthesis and confusion. A sample of 9737 college-attending young adults completed measures of identity, mental health, and health risk behaviors. Four latent profiles emerged: Synthesized (high synthesis, low confusion), Diffused (moderate synthesis, high ...
Tracking of fatness during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood: a 7-year follow-up study in Madeira Island, Portugal KU Leuven
Investigating tracking of fatness from childhood to adolescence, early adolescence to young adulthood and late adolescence to young adulthood.
Daily Identity Processes and Emotions in Young Adulthood: a Five-Day Daily-Diary Method KU Leuven
The process of exploring and committing to one's identity for the sake of a future-oriented goal is important for young adults' psychosocial functioning. Whereas the relationship between identity process and psychosocial functioning has been examined in long-term longitudinal studies, the short-term relationship between the two at the daily level has not been clarified. This study developed a measure of daily-level identity process and examined ...