Personal values and involvement in problem behaviors among Bahamian early adolescents: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 The relations between problem behaviors and additive level of child's and parents' values and sensation

			Boys (n = 309)		Girls (n = 338)
Values and sensation seeking	Child	Parents	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Self-enhancement	L	L	1		1
	L	H	2.20	1.08–4.14	1.43	0.78–2.62
	H	L	0.79	0.43–1.47	0.89	0.49–1.63
	H	H	1.24	0.59–2.60	1.06	0.37–0.92
Self-transcendence	L	L	1		1
	L	H	2.20	1.17–4.12	0.97	0.51–1.86
	H	L	0.58	0.30–1.12	1.11	0.62–2.01
	H	H	0.62	0.23–1.68	1.78	0.85–3.68
Openness to change
	L	L	1		1
	L	H	1.91	1.00–3.66	1.40	0.74–2.63
	H	L	0.72	0.38–1.36	1.67	0.93–3.02
	H	H	0.98	0.44–2.17	2.42	0.96–6.13
Conservation
	L	L	1		1
	L	H	1.42	0.76–2.65	1.16	0.63–2.13
	H	L	0.55	0.29–1.07	1.03	0.58–1.85
	H	H	0.47	0.19–1.13	1.27	0.54–2.96
Sensation seeking
	L	L	1		1
	L	H	2.07	0.98–4.35	1.56	0.87–2.80
	H	L	1.37	0.78–2.37	1.50	0.80–2.81
	H	H	2.69	1.13–6.41	0.97	0.38–3.44

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