SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2017
Stressful life events during adolescence and risk for externalizing and internalizing psychopathology: a meta-analysis.
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- Gender Differences in Negative Life Events, Present-Moment Awareness, Problem-Solving, and Perceived Stress Among Rural Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Life experiences of humiliation, entrapment, and frontoparietal-cerebellar connectivity predict adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Psychological Resources, Stress, and Well-Being in Adolescence: An Integrative Structural Model.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- How negative life events affect emotional eating in Chinese adolescents: moderated mediation model.BJPsych open · 2025Article
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- How robust is the association between school-related stress and internalizing mental health problems? A specification curve analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Assessment of Multiple Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being in Swiss Youth Born with a Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Depression Among Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Subcomponents of Executive Function.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The main objective of the present research was to analyze the relations between stressful life events and the externalizing and internalizing spectra of psychopathology using meta-analytical procedures. After removing the duplicates, a total of 373 papers were found in a literature search using several bibliographic databases, such as the PsycINFO, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science. Twenty-seven studies were selected for the meta-analytical analysis after applying different inclusion and exclusion criteria in different phases. The statistical procedure was performed using a random/mixed-effects model based on the correlations found in the studies. Significant positive correlations were found in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. A transactional effect was then found in the present study. Stressful life events could be a cause, but also a consequence, of psychopathological spectra. The level of controllability of the life events did not affect the results. Special attention should be given to the usage of stressful life events in gene-environment interaction and correlation studies, and also for clinical purposes.
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