Health behavior, health, and socioeconomic background in adolescence as risk factors for traumatic brain injuries: A longitudinal study
The main finding was that health compromising behavior was associated with TBI, and low family SES was associated with TBI through health compromising behavior in later life. Poor perceived health, stress symptoms, and not living with both parents in adolescence increased the risk of TBI, too. Our findings suggest that adolescents who are at risk of drifting into health compromising behavior and report stress symptoms have an increased risk of TBI in later life.
Authors
- Leena Koivusilta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-1850)
- Arja Rimpelä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3273-6226)
- Matias Vaajala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-6173)
- Ville Ponkilainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-4560)
- Ville M. Mattila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9946-4830)
- Alisa Teuho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3947-046X)
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112293
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Juho Vainion Säätiö
- Tays