Psychosocial Factors of Different Health Behaviour Patterns in Adolescents: Association with Overweight and Weight Control Behaviours
Table 2
Differences between clusters for each psychosocial variable.
Cluster center
Active gamersa
Healthy groupb
Sedentary groupc
Variables
Age
14.7a
14.8b
15.0c
2
16.8***
BMI
20.5a
21.0b
20.9c
2
4.8**
Self-regulation
0.06a
0.13b
−0.22c
2
33.6***
Motivation
0.02a
0.17b
−0.15c
2
28.7***
Body satisfaction
0.07a
0.07b
−0.13c
2
11.1***
Unhealthy weight cont.
0.09a
−0.08b
−0.07c
2
4.4*
Healthy weight control
−0.10a
0.16b
−0.14c
2
33.0***
Life satisfaction
7.28a
7.44b
6.88c
2
28.1***
Happiness
0.05a
0.07b
−0.11c
2
10.0***
Psychological symptoms
0.84a
0.83b
1.07c
2
21.5***
Physical symptoms
0.84a
0.87b
1.03c
2
13.8***
Health perception
0.15a
0.11b
−0.22c
2
40.6***
Communication father
0.42a
0.13b
−0.17c
2
23.9***
Communication mother
−0.03a
0.08b
−0.06c
2
5.6**
Family relation feelings
0.05a
0.11b
−0.10c
2
12.4***
Relation with classmates
0.09a
0.03b
−0.15c
2
9.7***
Liking school
−0.20a
0.20b
−0.02c
2
37.5***
Academic achievement
−0.06a
0.20b
−0.09c
2
27.4***
; **; ***; a, b, c and < > signals represent the significant differences between groups for through Tukey post hoc test; communications with friends and autonomy support by teachers (n.s.).