%0 Journal Article
%T Alienation and Health in Adolescents: An Original Evaluation Tool
%A Gina Tom¨¦
%A Margarida Gaspar de Matos
%A In¨ºs Camacho
%A Celeste Simoes
%A Marta Reis
%A Paulo Gomes
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 5
%N 1
%P 1-13
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2018
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1104183
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">The present work aims to construct and validate a tool enabling to
evaluate alienation in Portuguese adolescents. Participants were a group of
adolescents that participated in the Portuguese survey of the European study
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). For this study, only
adolescents from the 8</span><sup>th</sup><span style="line-height:1.5;"> and 10</span><sup>th</sup><span style="line-height:1.5;"> grades were included in
the sample, comprising 3869 students. The results show a good adequacy of the
co</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">nfirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) model. This model revealed 3 subscales proposals¡ªDemotivation, Isolation and Instability, and a full scale¡ªTotal
Alienation. When analyzed in relation to other variables (gender, grade, wellbeing
indicator and risk indicator), the alienation subscales showed an association
between alienation and risk. These results are consistent with other studies
about alienation which emphasizes that having good social relationships is
associated with higher levels of wellbeing and quality of life and less
involvement in risk behaviours by young people.</span> 
</div>
%K Adolescents
%K Alienation
%K Wellbeing
%K Risk
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5291807