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The relation between lifestyles and positive mental health in Portuguese higher education students
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Healthy lifestyles are commonly associated with improved physical and mental health.
Sleep patterns, nutrition, physical exercise, consumption of psychoactive substances, among others,
can strongly influence positive mental health. The aims are: characterize lifestyles based on positive
mental health clusters, considering the cross-sectional cohort sample of higher education students,
and analyse the lifestyles associated with positive mental health. A cross-sectional, descriptive,
correlational and multicentric study of quantitative approach was conducted. The Positive Mental
Health Questionnaire was applied. Through the k-means method, four clusters were obtained based
on positive mental health levels. The sample of 3647 higher education students was mostly female
(78.8%), single (89.5%), with an average age of 23 years (SD = 6.68). Differences were found between
clusters based on the sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyles. Findings in Cluster 1 were
highlighted because they included students with a higher level of positive mental health, which was
associated with greater satisfaction in affective relationships, higher recreational and sports activities,
better sleep quality, a healthy diet, and lower medication and illicit drugs consumption. These key
findings emphasize the promotion of healthy lifestyles and highlight the importance of positive
mental health in promoting the health of higher education students.
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Keywords
Positive mental health, Higher education students Lifestyle Health promotion
Citation
Valentim, O., Vilelas, J., Carvalho, J. C., Andrade, C. M. S. M., Tomás, C., Costa, P. S., & Sequeira, C. (2023). The relation between lifestyles and positive mental health in Portuguese higher education students. Global health promotion, 30(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579759221112552
Publisher
SAGE Publications