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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2023

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

Yeosun Yoon, Mia Eisenstadt, Suzet Tanya Lereya, Jessica Deighton

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yeosun YoonEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney street, London, N1 9NH, UK. yeosun.yoon@annafreud.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8914-008X
Mia EisenstadtEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney street, London, N1 9NH, UK.
Suzet Tanya LereyaEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney street, London, N1 9NH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-459X
Jessica DeightonEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney street, London, N1 9NH, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9516-7545

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Mental DisordersMental HealthAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleMultivariate AnalysisSchoolsSex FactorsChildren and young peopleLongitudinal analysisMental health and wellbeing

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PMID35246720
PMCPMC8896070

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