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Table 2 Characteristics of validation studies in the review and summary of results

From: Key factors affecting health promoting behaviors among adolescents: a scoping review

Author/ Year

Country

Study design

Participation

Sample size

Quality

appraisal

Affecting Factors

Armitage (2013) [28]

Romania

Randomized Exploratory

High school students 13–19 year old

238

High

Self-incentive (reward), economic incentives

Callaghan, (2006) [29]

US

Descriptive and inferential

Adolescents aged 14 to 19

256

High

Support system, Adequate income, Gender, Adequate living conditions, Church attendance, Medical problems/disabilities, Hope, Self –concept, Self-esteem

Callaghan (2005) [30]

US

Descriptive multivariate

Adolescents aged 14 to 19

256

High

Responsibility, initiative

Chen et al., (2005) [31]

Taiwan and US

Cross-sectional Descriptive

Adolescents aged 12–15 years

550

High

School health promotion programs, National health insurance, Parental socioeconomic status, Cultural factors

Ergun et al., (2011) [1]

Turkey

Quasi-experimental

Sixth-grade students

58

High

Individualized education, Setting and Environment, Positive communication between adolescents and their mothers, Mothers’ knowledge level

Haddad et al., (2009) [32]

Jordan

Cross-sectional

Students 12–17 year old

530

High

Ease of access, Media messages, Commercials, School-based health promotion

Jessor, et al., (1998) [33]

US

Longitudinal

7th-, 8th-, and 9th-grade adolescents

1,493

High

Proximal protective factors (Value on health, Perceived effects of health-compromising behavior, Parents who model health behavior, Positive relationships With adults) and Distal protective factors(A commitment to school, Having friends who take part in conventional activities like youth groups and community volunteer work, Involvement in prosocial activities, and Church attendance, Religiosity)

McCaleb et al., (2000) [34]

US

Descriptive and inferential

15- and 16-year-old adolescents

425

Medium

Sociocultural characteristics, Church attendance, Health education programs

Melnyk et al., (2009) [35]

US

A Randomized Controlled Pilot

Hispanic adolescents, ages 14–16 years

19

High

COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment)

Canty-Mitchell (1993) [36]

US

Descriptive correlational

Adolescents from 13 to 19 years of age

202

High

Hope and type of school

Uzuncakmak, et al., (2017) [37]

Turkey

Quasi-experimental

Adolescents 13 years of age

30

High

Education, Parents’ attitude, Mothers’ and fathers’ education level parents’ age group, Family democratic approach

Bakouei et al., (2018) [38]

Iran

Cross-sectional

College Students

350

Medium

Self-efficacy, Gender, Family size, Living in dormitory

Almutair et al., (2018) [39]

Saudi Arabia

Descriptive cross-sectional

University students

1,656

Medium

Family structure, Gender, Type of college, Year in school

Gillis (1994) [40]

Canada

Descriptive correlational

Female adolescents and their parents

184

High

Perceived self-efficacy, Perceived health status, Ethnicity

Molaifard et al., (2020) [41]

Iran

Cross-sectional

High school students

400

Medium

Motivation skills constructs, Behavioral skill construct

Rice et al., (2019) [42]

US

Descriptive cross-sectional

Adolescents from 12 to 17 years of age

1,859

High

Perceived peer norms

Lee et al., (2019) [43]

Hong Kong

Retrospective correlation

Primary 4 (aged 9 to 10 years) and Secondary 3 (aged 14 to 15 years) students

54

High

Action competencies, Community link, Physical environment, Social environment, Healthy school policies, Services of school health protection

Haidar et al., (2019) [44]

US

Cross-sectional

High school students (8th and 11th grade students)

6,716

High

Parental physical activity support, Peer physical activity support, Parental social support, Peer social support, Gender

Xiao et al., (2019) [45]

US

Cross-sectional

Adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age

14,506

High

Physically activity, Computer use, Intake of fruits/vegetables in diet

Ozturk et al., (2020) [46]

Turkey

Cross sectional and correlational

Secondary school students (6th, 7th and 8th grade students)

2,498

High

Income level, Father education level, Mother education level, Grade