caa a22 4500 606222618 CHVBK 20210128101134.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour: an evolutionary approach [Elektronische Daten] [Ross Whitehead, Dorothy Currie, Jo Inchley, Candace Currie] Objectives: Previous research finds adolescents expecting to attend university are more likely to demonstrate health-promoting behaviour than those not expecting university attendance. This suggests public health improvements may be achievable by encouraging adolescents to adopt academic goals. We investigate confounders of this putative relationship, focusing on those identified by evolutionary theory. Methods: Multi-level logistic regression was used to analyse the 2010 Scottish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey (n=1834). Results: Adolescents anticipating university attendance exhibited higher levels of engagement in health-protective behaviours (fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise and tooth brushing) and were more likely to avoid health-damaging behaviours (crisps, soft drink and alcohol consumption, tobacco and cannabis use, fighting and intercourse). These relationships persisted when controlling indicators of life history trajectory (pubertal timing, socioeconomic status and father absence). Pupil level: gender, age, perceived academic achievement and peer/family communication and school level: university expectations, affluence, leavers' destinations, exam performance and school climate were also adjusted. Conclusions: Encouraging adolescents to consider an academic future may achieve public health benefits, despite social factors that might otherwise precipitate poor health via an accelerated life history trajectory. Swiss School of Public Health, 2015 Temporal orientation nationallicence Academic expectations nationallicence Adolescent nationallicence Health behaviour nationallicence Risk behaviour nationallicence Life history theory nationallicence Whitehead Ross Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut Currie Dorothy Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut Inchley Jo Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut Currie Candace Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/5(2015-07-01), 599-608 1661-8556 60:5<599 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whitehead Ross Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Currie Dorothy Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Inchley Jo Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Currie Candace Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TF, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/5(2015-07-01), 599-608 1661-8556 60:5<599 2015 60 38