A comparative study of life skills, lifestyle habits and academic performance in health promoting and non-health promoting schools in the Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Design

Participants and study location

Data collection

  • The self-efficacy subscale (10 items) is measured on a four-point Likert scale identifying the degree of applicability of ten statements ranging from untrue of me (1) to true of me (4). The global score ranges from 10 to 40, with lower values indicating a lower level of self-efficacy.

  • The social skills subscale (14 items) is measured on a five-point Likert scale and analyzed the frequency of certain behaviors ranging from never (1) to always (5). The global score ranges from 14 to 70, with the results being classified as follows: low level of social skills (0–17), low-average level of social skills (18–29), average level of social skills (30–40), average-high level of social skills (41–52) and high level of social skills (53–70).

  • The affect balance subscale (18 items) is measured on a three-point Likert scale ranging from never or almost never (1) to always or almost always (3), quantifying the frequency with which the adolescents experienced certain emotions. The subscale comprises nine positive items and nine negative ones. Each positive item is scored from 1 to 3 and each negative one from −1 to −3. The global score is calculated by adding the total of positive and negative points; values <0 indicate a negative affect balance whilst values >0 indicate a positive affect balance. The higher the score, the higher the level of affect balance.

  • The diet subscale (nine items) comprised the following items: breakfast during the week (yes; no), weekly consumption of fruit and vegetables, chips or salty snacks, sweets, soft drinks or sugary drinks, meat, fish and milk or dairy products (up to once per week; 2 to 6 times a week; at least once a day).

  • The sleep subscale (1 item) measured the number of hours of nighttime rest during the week (less than 7 h; from 7 to 9 h; more than 9 h).

  • The physical activity subscale (five items) assessed the weekly frequency of PA during leisure time (never to once a month; 1 to 3 times a week; 4 to 7 times a week), number of hours of PA during leisure time a week (1 h or less; 2 to 3 h; more than 4 h), playing or practicing team sports and PA (less than 3 times a month; 1 to 3 times a week), practicing individual PA (less than 3 times a month; 1 to 3 times a week), means of transport to school (walking, cycling, car, bus).

  • The use of screens subscale (six items) measured time spent daily playing games, watching TV, videos, and other displays on a screen, and using screens for homework or use of social networks (weekdays and weekends) (less than 2 h; 2 h; more than 2 h).

  • The substance use subscale (17 items) comprised the following items: use of tobacco (yes; no), use of alcohol, including wine, mixed alcoholic drinks, liquor shots, and other beverages (never; rarely; daily-monthly), use of other substances including cocaine, hashish or marijuana, ecstasy or pills, amphetamines or speed, non-prescription drugs, LSD, glue or solvents, other drugs (never; at least once), age of tobacco use onset (never; younger than 11 to older than 14 years), age of alcohol use onset (never; before 13; after 13), age of first binge-drinking episode (never; before 13; after 13), age of hashish or marijuana use onset in the form of a joint (never; from less than 11 to more than 14 years).

Data analysis

Ethical considerations

Results

Sociodemographic characteristics

Life skills

Lifestyle habits

Academic performance

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Translated anonymized dataset.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13041/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Beatriz Sánchez-Hernando conceived and designed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Ángel Gasch-Gallén performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Isabel Antón-Solanas performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Vicente Gea-Caballero conceived and designed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Raúl Juárez-Vela conceived and designed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Javier Gállego-Diéguez analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

María Inmaculada Carboneres-Tafaner analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Laura Lasso-Olayo performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Ivan Santolalla-Arnedo performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Ethics Committee of the Autonomous Region of Aragón approved the study (CEICA-18-216 TA).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this work.

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