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ily structure, school extracurricular cultural activities ohranjanje in krepitev zdravja | maintaining and promoting health
and health of Slovenian young people
Danijela Lahe, Tina Cupar, Andrej Kirbiš
University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Introduction: Since health of working population is related to health in life pe-
riod of youth, it is important to study earlier determinants of their current
health. Studies show that one of important determinants of health and well-be-
ing of young people, as well as their later outcomes in adulthood, such as pro-
fessional success and income, includes their participation in cultural, artistic and
creative activities (CA). Family is also a crucial social environment in which de-
velopment of a child and adolescent takes place; moreover, family impacts his/
her CA activities. For example, research show that family structure can have
important role in young people’s health. However, the relation between the
structure of the family of orientation and extracurricular CA activities during
adolescence, and the between the latter and youth’s current health outcomes
remain relatively unexamined, including in Slovenia. The purpose of this study
is to analyse 1) whether family of orientation is a determinant of CA activities
during primary school education; 2) whether family structure is a determinant
of current subjective health of young people; 3) whether participation in CA
activities during adolescence is related to youth’s current health, controlling for
sociodemographic variables.
Method: We analysed a sample of young people in Slovenia up to 34 years old
(average age = 19.25 years old; 57.5% females), acquired through an online sur-
vey in December 2019 and January 2020. Structure of family of orientation was
measured with four categories (1 = two-parent family with both biological par-
ents; 2 = one-parent family (biological mother); 3 = one-parent family (biologi-
cal father); 4 = reorganised family (at least two carers, one of which is a biologi-
cal parent). We also measured frequency of participation in five extracurricular
CA activities in areas of music, computer/ICT, photography, theatre and oth-
er fields of CA (0 to 5 activities). Current health of young people was meas-
ured with a 5-point scale of self-rated health (SRH) (1 = poor; 5 = excellent).
Results: Bivariate analysis showed statistically significant (p < 0.05) correlation
between all three variables of interest. Self-rated health and frequency of CA
activities were the lowest in reorganised families, higher frequency of CA was
statistically significantly related to better SRH. Results of ordinal regression
analysis showed that, when controlled for gender and age, reorganised family
of orientation and lower frequency of CA remained statistically significantly re-
lated to worse SRH.
Discussion: Our research showed that family and school contexts during ado-
lescence are related to health of young people in later periods of youth. In Slo-
venia, a greater focus should be placed on ensuring equal opportunities for ad-
olescents in school environment, and on explaining the mechanisms through
which family characteristics contribute to young people’s health and to their
extracurricular cultural engagement.
Key words: family, young people, cultural activities, extracurricular activities,
health
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and health of Slovenian young people
Danijela Lahe, Tina Cupar, Andrej Kirbiš
University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Introduction: Since health of working population is related to health in life pe-
riod of youth, it is important to study earlier determinants of their current
health. Studies show that one of important determinants of health and well-be-
ing of young people, as well as their later outcomes in adulthood, such as pro-
fessional success and income, includes their participation in cultural, artistic and
creative activities (CA). Family is also a crucial social environment in which de-
velopment of a child and adolescent takes place; moreover, family impacts his/
her CA activities. For example, research show that family structure can have
important role in young people’s health. However, the relation between the
structure of the family of orientation and extracurricular CA activities during
adolescence, and the between the latter and youth’s current health outcomes
remain relatively unexamined, including in Slovenia. The purpose of this study
is to analyse 1) whether family of orientation is a determinant of CA activities
during primary school education; 2) whether family structure is a determinant
of current subjective health of young people; 3) whether participation in CA
activities during adolescence is related to youth’s current health, controlling for
sociodemographic variables.
Method: We analysed a sample of young people in Slovenia up to 34 years old
(average age = 19.25 years old; 57.5% females), acquired through an online sur-
vey in December 2019 and January 2020. Structure of family of orientation was
measured with four categories (1 = two-parent family with both biological par-
ents; 2 = one-parent family (biological mother); 3 = one-parent family (biologi-
cal father); 4 = reorganised family (at least two carers, one of which is a biologi-
cal parent). We also measured frequency of participation in five extracurricular
CA activities in areas of music, computer/ICT, photography, theatre and oth-
er fields of CA (0 to 5 activities). Current health of young people was meas-
ured with a 5-point scale of self-rated health (SRH) (1 = poor; 5 = excellent).
Results: Bivariate analysis showed statistically significant (p < 0.05) correlation
between all three variables of interest. Self-rated health and frequency of CA
activities were the lowest in reorganised families, higher frequency of CA was
statistically significantly related to better SRH. Results of ordinal regression
analysis showed that, when controlled for gender and age, reorganised family
of orientation and lower frequency of CA remained statistically significantly re-
lated to worse SRH.
Discussion: Our research showed that family and school contexts during ado-
lescence are related to health of young people in later periods of youth. In Slo-
venia, a greater focus should be placed on ensuring equal opportunities for ad-
olescents in school environment, and on explaining the mechanisms through
which family characteristics contribute to young people’s health and to their
extracurricular cultural engagement.
Key words: family, young people, cultural activities, extracurricular activities,
health
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