Authors
Alina Cosma, Gonneke Stevens, Gina Martin, Elisa L Duinhof, Sophie D Walsh, Irene Garcia-Moya, András Költő, Inese Gobina, Natale Canale, Carolina Catunda, Jo Inchley, Margaretha de Looze
Publication date
2020/6/1
Journal
Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume
66
Issue
6
Pages
S50-S58
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Purpose
Previous research has shown inconsistent time trends in adolescent mental well-being, but potential underlying mechanisms for such trends are yet to be examined. This study investigates cross-national time trends in adolescent mental well-being (psychosomatic health complaints and life satisfaction) in mainly European countries and the extent to which time trends in schoolwork pressure explain these trends.
Methods
Data from 915,054 adolescents from 36 countries (50.8% girls; meanage = 13.54; standard deviationage = 1.63) across five Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018) were included in the analyses. Hierarchical multilevel models estimated cross-national trends in adolescent mental well-being and schoolwork pressure. We also tested whether schoolwork pressure could explain these trends in mental well-being.
Results
A small linear increase …
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