- Title
- Mental health and family contextual factors in Australian women: associations and predictors of health risk behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Creator
- Harley, Brock, A.
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Masters Coursework - Master of Clinical Psychology (MClinPsych)
- Description
- OBJECTIVE- Growing research has indicated Australian women’s health behaviour and well-being has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated health risk behaviour, mental health, and family contextual factor associations in Australian women during June and July 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN-Cross-sectional survey data collected online from 326 Australian female adults. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES- Health risk behaviours (poor diet, physical inactivity, and hazardous alcohol use), psychological distress, subjective well-being, and family contextual factors were explored to identify candidate predictors for hierarchical regression analysis of health risk behaviours. RESULTS-Hazardous alcohol use, psychological distress, and subjective well-being were worse compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic norms. Low well-being, physical inactivity, and not living with a partner contributed to poor diet. Low well-being contributed to physical inactivity. Caffeine and anxiety contributed to hazardous alcohol use. Self-reported negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to poor diet and hazardous alcohol use, but not physical inactivity. Parenting preschool-aged children contributed to less alcohol use. 83.4% and 92.4% respectively did not meet dietary and physical activity guidelines. CONCLUSION-Australian women have worse well-being, greater distress, and worse alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions should aim to reduce psychological distress and improve social connection structures.
- Subject
- health Behaviour; COVID-19; women's Health; physical activity; diet; alcohol; female
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1462701
- Identifier
- uon:46530
- Rights
- Copyright 2022 Brock, A. Harley
- Language
- eng
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