Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents

Stefanie Do; Juul M.J. Coumans; Claudia Börnhorst; Hermann Pohlabeln; Lucia A. Reisch; Unna N. Danner; Paola Russo; Toomas Veidebaum; Michael Tornaritis; Dénes Molnár; Monica Hunsberger; Stefaan De Henauw; Luis A. Moreno; Wolfgang Ahrens; Antje Hebestreit

doi:10.1007/s10964-021-01533-w

Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents

Stefanie Do
, Juul M.J. Coumans
, Claudia Börnhorst
, Hermann Pohlabeln
, Lucia A. Reisch
, Unna N. Danner
, Paola Russo
, Toomas Veidebaum
, Michael Tornaritis
, Dénes Molnár
, Monica Hunsberger
, Stefaan De Henauw
, Luis A. Moreno
, Wolfgang Ahrens
, Antje Hebestreit^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Knowing the extent to which mental well-being and stressful life events during adolescence contribute to personality characteristics related to risk-taking behaviors, such as emotion-driven impulsiveness, is highly relevant for the development of health promotion measures. This study examined whether psychosocial well-being and different stressful life events are associated with emotion-driven impulsiveness. In total, 3,031 adolescents (52% girls; M_age = 13.6 years) were included from the I. Family Study, a cross-sectional examination on lifestyle-related behaviors conducted across eight European countries in 2013/14. Linear mixed-effects regression models showed that higher psychosocial well-being was associated with lower emotion-driven impulsiveness independent of socio-demographic, health-related, and parental variables. A higher number of stressful life events was associated with higher emotion-driven impulsiveness. Psychosocial well-being and stressful life events need to be further considered in the development and tailoring of health promotion strategies that aim to reduce emotion-driven impulsiveness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1106-1117
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	51
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01533-w
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022

Keywords

Adolescence
Impulsivity
Mental well-being
Negative urgency
Stressful life events
Life Style
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Mental Health
Emotions
Europe/epidemiology
Adolescent
Female

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Do, S., Coumans, J. M. J., Börnhorst, C., Pohlabeln, H., Reisch, L. A., Danner, U. N., Russo, P., Veidebaum, T., Tornaritis, M., Molnár, D., Hunsberger, M., De Henauw, S., Moreno, L. A., Ahrens, W., & Hebestreit, A. (2022). Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(6), 1106-1117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01533-w

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Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being, Stressful Life Events and Emotion-Driven Impulsiveness in European Adolescents

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