Below we present links to abstracts and full scientific publications by the Macedonian team or by other researchers who use the Macedonian HBSC data in their research. You can find more publications from the international study here.
2025
1. Badura P, Eriksson C, García-Moya I, Löfstedt P, Melkumova M, Sotiroska K, Wilson M, Brown J, Inchley J. (2024). A focus on adolescent social contexts in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey. Volume 7. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.
2. Osmani Ballazhi, S., Neziri, I., Bexheti, L & Sotiroska, K. (2024). Determination of the risk factors associated with problematic social media use among adolescents of Albanian and Macedonian descent in North Macedonia. Philosophica – International Journal of Social and Human Sciences, 11(22-23), 166-177.
3. Ballazhi, S. O., Bexheti, L., Ivanoska, K. S., & Neziri, I. (2024). Social norms and health literacy as predictors of pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from North Macedonia. KNOWLEDGE-International Journal, 67(6), 1137–1142.
4. Bexheti, L., Osmani Ballazhi, S., Neziri, I., & Sotiroska, K. (2024). Family support, parents’ employment, and internalizing problems in school-aged children in North Macedonia. Vizione, (42), 19-32.
5. Maor, R., Giladi, A., Ben-Meir, L., Walsh, S. D., Tesler, R., Ivanoska, K. S., & Harel-Fisch, Y. (2024). Risk and resiliency: Psychosocial and behavioral determinants of drunkenness, tobacco, and cannabis use among adolescents in the northern Mediterranean region. Current Psychology, 43(10), 9504-9517.
6. Osmani Ballazhi, S., Bexheti, L., Neziri, I., Kasami, B., & Sotiroska Ivanoska, K. (2023). Cultural nuances in adolescent smoking: The role of family, teachers, and economic well-being in North Macedonia. Psychology: Science and Practice, 7(13), 52–70.
7. Сотироска Иваноска, К., Османи Балажи, Ш., Незири, И., Беџети Беџети, Л., и Ќостарова-Унковска, Л. (2023). Од податоци до решенија: Методологија на македонската студија за однесувањето поврзано со здравјето кај децата на училишна возраст (HBSC) 2022 и стратегии за наредниот циклус. Psychology: Science and Practice, 7(13), 7–16.
2015
Kalman, Michal, et al. “Secular trends in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 32 countries from 2002 to 2010: a cross-national perspective.” European Journal of Public Health (2015)
Trends in young people’s health and social determinants. Guest editors: Emmanuel Kuntsche Bjørn E. Holstein Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer. Volume 25, Issue suppl 2, 01 April 2015
Elgar, Frank, J., et al. “Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002–2010: a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study.” The Lancet. Volume 385, No. 9982, p2088–2095, 23 May 2015.
de Looze, М., et al. “Decreases in adolescent weekly alcohol use in Europe and North America: evidence from 28 countries from 2002 to 2010.” European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 25, Supplement 2, 2015, 69–72.
2014
Vervoort, Tine, et al. “Severity of pediatric pain in relation to school-related functioning and teacher support: An epidemiological study among school-aged children and adolescents.” PAIN® 155.6 (2014): 1118-1127 – academic impact / social buzz
Zaborskis, Apolinaras, Reda Moceviciene, and Ronald J. Iannotti. “The Influence of Chronological Period of Data Collection on Differences in Reported Dietary Intake Among School-Aged Children Surveyed in 39 Countries.” Journal of nutrition education and behavior (2014).
2013
Pickett, et al. “Trends and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adolescent Physical Fighting in 30 Countries.” Pediatrics Volume 131, Number 1, January 2013
Schnohr, Christina Warrer, et al. “Item response drift in the Family Affluence Scale: A study on three consecutive surveys of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.” Measurement 46.9 (2013): 3119-3126.