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Mental Well-Being: 2010–2018 Trends among Italian Adolescents
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Bersia, Michela Berchialla, Paola Charrier, Lorena Lemma, Patrizia Borraccino, Alberto Nardone, Paola Pierannunzio, Daniela Ciardullo, Silvia Comoretto, Rosanna Irene Dalmasso, Paola |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | (1) Aims: To explore temporal trends 2010–2018 of well-being among Italian adolescents and to evaluate potential explanatory factors. (2) Methods: Italian nationality representative samples of students aged 11, 13, and 15 years were recruited in 2010, 2014, and 2018; Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), for an overall number of 165,000 teenagers. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed to fit the trends over time of life satisfaction (LS), psychological (PSY-HC) and somatic health complaints (SOM-HC) considering the contextual factors: school work pressure, social support (family, school, peers), socioeconomic status, geographic area, and immigration background; (3) Results: From 2010 to 2018 while LS was steady, health complaints increased, mainly for PSY-HC, in all age and gender groups. Trend of PSY-HC affected mainly 15-years-olds: rates among boys varied from 29.6% to 35.9% (OR: 1.13, 95%CI: 1.02–1.25); among girls from 49.1% to 63.3% (OR: 1.56, 95%CI: 1.42–1.72). High school work pressure and poor social support play a central role in worsening well-being outcomes; (4) Conclusions: Our findings pictured a remarkable worsening trend of teenagers’ well-being, especially among 15-year-old girls. Further research will be required to investigate this breaking up of the connection between psychophysical symptomatology and cognitive perception of life satisfaction. |
| Starting Page | 863 |
| e-ISSN | 16604601 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19020863 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-01-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Pediatrics and Child Health Mental Health Adolescents Well-being Temporal Trend Hbsc Dual Factor Model Life Satisfaction Psychological Health Complaints |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |