Determinants of psychosomatic complaints in Swedish schoolchildren aged seven to twelve years

Berntsson, Leeni; Gustafsson, Jan‐Eric

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“…Physical activity had been shown earlier to promote health [18]. In our earlier study [4], children whom were active in sports together with their parents had better health than those whom were inactive.…”

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“…Positive associations between parents' activities together with their children and their children's health have been reported in several publications, such as playing [28], reading books, watching TV/ video/DVDs [31], playing games, sporting activities [18], listening to music, playing a musical instrument and singing together [19]. reading books promotes health as well as the children's literacy behaviors [32].…”

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“…Milton et al (2011) reported earlier that interactive activities, such as doing homework together and going for walks [15], are positive activities for children's health and provide a valuable opportunity for social interaction with other children and their families. The benefit of social networks on health is described in several studies [15][16][17][18].…”

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“…Positive school environments are protective and moderate associations between negative home environments [17]. Not only sport activities, but also visits to sporting events are shown as beneficial for health outcomes, such as absence of PSC [18]. Music activities, such as playing a musical instrument, going to concerts, singing and playing games are a healthy part of young children's social, emotional and cognitive development [19].…”

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Swedish parents’ activities together with their children and children’s health: A study of children aged 2–17 years

Berntsson

Ringsberg

2014

Scand J Public Health

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Background: Nordic children's health has declined. Studies show that parents' engagement in children's leisure-time activities might provide beneficial health outcomes for children. Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the association between Swedish parents' activities together with their children, the parents' experiences of time pressure and their children's health. Methods: Data of 1461 Swedish children aged 2-17 years old that were collected in the NordChild study of 2011 were used. We analyzed physical health, diseases and disabilities, psychosomatic health and well-being, and the parents' experiences of time pressure; and we calculated the associations between parental activity together with the child and health indicators. Results: Activities that were significantly and positively associated with children's health at ages 2-17 years of age were: playing and playing games; going to the cinema, theatre, and sporting events; reading books; playing musical instruments/singing; sports activities; watching TV/video/DVD. Playing video games or computer games, driving child to activities and going for walks were significantly and positively associated at age groups 7-12 years and 13-17 years. Activities that were negatively associated with health were: surfing/blogging on the Internet, going shopping and doing homework. Parents who were not experiencing time pressures had a higher level of activity together with their children. The parental experience of time pressure was associated with work time, with less homework activity and more symptoms in children. Conclusions: The family and home are important settings for the development of children's health. We found eight parental activities together with their children that promoted the children's health. Parents' working time and their time pressure experiences affected their activities with their children. There is a need for an increased focus on parental activities that are positively associated with children's health.

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Swedish parents’ activities together with their children and children’s health: A study of children aged 2–17 years

Berntsson

Ringsberg

2014

Scand J Public Health

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“…We did not observe general sex differences in the incidence of PES. Despite possible gender differences in the biological and psychological reaction to stressors [61][62][63][64], the literature has yielded inconclusive results concerning a distinctive prevalence of PES between boys and girls [7,8,19,55,[65][66][67][68]. The type of the studied stressor and PES and the age of the children may account for these contradictory findings.…”

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Prevalence of psychosomatic and emotional symptoms in European school-aged children and its relationship with childhood adversities: results from the IDEFICS study

Vanaelst

Vriendt

Ahrens

et al. 2012

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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The prevalence of childhood stress and psychosomatic and emotional symptoms (PES) has increased in parallel, indicating that adverse, stressful circumstances and PES in children might be associated. This study describes the prevalence of PES in European children, aged 4-11 years old, and examines the relationship among PES, negative life events (NLE) and familial or social adversities in the child's life. Parent-reported data on childhood adversities and PES was collected for 4,066 children from 8 European countries, who participated in the follow-up survey of IDEFICS (2009-2010), by means of the 'IDEFICS parental questionnaire'. A modified version of the 'Social Readjustment Rating Scale', the 'KINDL Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents' and the 'Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire' were incorporated in this questionnaire, as well as questions on socio-demographics, family lifestyle and health of the child. Chi-square analyses were performed to investigate the prevalence of PES among survey centres, age groups and sex of the child. Odds ratios were calculated to examine the childhood adversity exposure between PES groups and logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate: (a) the contribution of the number and (b) the specific types of experienced adversities on the occurrence of PES. 45.7% of the children experienced at least one PES, with low emotional well-being during the last week being most frequently reported (38.2%). No sex differences were shown for the prevalence of PES (P = 0.282), but prevalence proportions rose with increasing age (P < 0.001). Children with PES were more frequently exposed to childhood adversities compared to children without PES (e.g. 13.3 and 3.9% of peer problems and 25.4 and 17.4% of non-traditional family structure in the PES vs. no PES group, respectively, P < 0.001). An increasing number of adversities (regardless of their nature) was found to gradually amplify the risk for PES (OR = 2.85, 95% CI = 1.98-4.12 for a number of ≥3 NLE), indicating the effect of cumulative stress. Finally, a number of specified adversities were identified as apparent risk factors for the occurrence of PES, such as living in a non-traditional family structure (OR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.30-1.79) or experiencing peer problems (OR = 3.55, 95% CI = 2.73-4.61). Childhood adversities were significantly related to PES prevalence, both quantitatively (i.e. the number of adversities) and qualitatively (i.e. the type of adversity). This study demonstrates the importance and the impact of the child's family and social context on the occurrence of PES in children younger than 12 years old.

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Salutogenesis: Sense of Coherence in Childhood and Families

Idan

Braun‐Lewensohn

Lindström

et al. 2022

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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In this chapter on salutogenesis and sense of coherence (SOC) in families and children, the authors deal with the contributions of children’s environments to the adjustment of children with typical development, and the development of children with special needs. The authors report on their comprehensive literature review covering 20 years of research and 44 studies from 15 countries, including children from infants and toddlers through preschool to school-aged children up to 12 years of age.

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Determinants of psychosomatic complaints in Swedish schoolchildren aged seven to twelve years

Abstract: PSC in children should be seen in the context of all three levels.

Cited by 44 publications

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Swedish parents’ activities together with their children and children’s health: A study of children aged 2–17 years

Swedish parents’ activities together with their children and children’s health: A study of children aged 2–17 years

Prevalence of psychosomatic and emotional symptoms in European school-aged children and its relationship with childhood adversities: results from the IDEFICS study

Salutogenesis: Sense of Coherence in Childhood and Families

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