TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Associations between depressed mood and clusters of health risk behaviors JO - American journal of health behavior A1 - Paxton, Raheem J. A1 - Valois, Robert F. A1 - Watkins, Ken W. A1 - Huebner, E. Scott A1 - Drane, J. Wazner SP - 272 EP - 283 VL - 31 IS - 3 N2 - OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between depressed mood and clusters of health risk behaviors. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of adolescents (N=15,214) was utilized to construct 10 pseudocontinuous health risk behaviors. Cluster analysis was performed to group adolescents, and subsequent multivariable logistic models were created. RESULTS: Compared to non-risk takers, belonging to risk clusters significantly increased the odds of reporting depressed mood. African Americans in high-risk clusters appeared to be more vulnerable to depressed mood, when compared to remaining racial groups. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that adolescents engaging in multiple health-risk behaviors do so in the context of depressed mood.

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LA - en SN - 1087-3244 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.3.272 ID - ref1 ER -