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Gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories

Gender differences in adolescents’ mental health problems have been extensively reported. Yet, there is limited research in exploring longitudinal trends in mental health and wellbeing between boys and girls. This study investigated any emerging developmental trends of gender differences in mental h...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Yeosun, Eisenstadt, Mia, Lereya, Suzet Tanya, Deighton, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8896070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35246720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01961-4
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Eisenstadt, Mia
Lereya, Suzet Tanya
Deighton, Jessica
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description Gender differences in adolescents’ mental health problems have been extensively reported. Yet, there is limited research in exploring longitudinal trends in mental health and wellbeing between boys and girls. This study investigated any emerging developmental trends of gender differences in mental health problems and subjective wellbeing for young people from early to mid-adolescence in England. A longitudinal group of 8612 young people’s mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories were investigated between the period of ages 11/12 and 13/14. Mental health difficulties and subjective wellbeing were measured using the child self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Short Warwick and Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), respectively. Any gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing over 3 year period were estimated using multi-level regression while accounting for various socio-demographic and resilience factors. Young people are at increased risk of mental health problems between the ages of 11 and 14, particularly girls. The overall difficulty levels reported by girls were significantly higher than boys across a range of mental health problems and subjective wellbeing. These developmental trends persisted after controlling for a broad range of potential confounders. Young people has shown clear signs of mental distress as they get older. This escalation was particularly evident among girls. Distress can come at the time of significant physical, emotional, and social changes in an adolescents’ life, and can be heightened during secondary school transition. This evidence highlights the importance of early intervention to reduce risk of distress. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00787-022-01961-4.
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spelling pubmed-88960702022-03-04 Gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories Yoon, Yeosun Eisenstadt, Mia Lereya, Suzet Tanya Deighton, Jessica Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Original Contribution Gender differences in adolescents’ mental health problems have been extensively reported. Yet, there is limited research in exploring longitudinal trends in mental health and wellbeing between boys and girls. This study investigated any emerging developmental trends of gender differences in mental health problems and subjective wellbeing for young people from early to mid-adolescence in England. A longitudinal group of 8612 young people’s mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories were investigated between the period of ages 11/12 and 13/14. Mental health difficulties and subjective wellbeing were measured using the child self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Short Warwick and Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), respectively. Any gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing over 3 year period were estimated using multi-level regression while accounting for various socio-demographic and resilience factors. Young people are at increased risk of mental health problems between the ages of 11 and 14, particularly girls. The overall difficulty levels reported by girls were significantly higher than boys across a range of mental health problems and subjective wellbeing. These developmental trends persisted after controlling for a broad range of potential confounders. Young people has shown clear signs of mental distress as they get older. This escalation was particularly evident among girls. Distress can come at the time of significant physical, emotional, and social changes in an adolescents’ life, and can be heightened during secondary school transition. This evidence highlights the importance of early intervention to reduce risk of distress. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00787-022-01961-4. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8896070/ /pubmed/35246720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01961-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_sort gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8896070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35246720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01961-4
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