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ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2023

A latent class approach to understanding patterns of emotional and behavioral problems among early adolescents across four low- and middle-income countries.

Shoshanna L Fine, Robert W Blum, Judith K Bass, Aimée M Lulebo, Anggriyani W Pinandari, William Stones, Siswanto A Wilopo, Xiayun Zuo, Rashelle J Musci

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Shoshanna L FineDepartment of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9767-7859
Robert W BlumDepartment of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Judith K BassDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Aimée M LuleboDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Anggriyani W PinandariCenter for Reproductive Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
William StonesCenter for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
Siswanto A WilopoCenter for Reproductive Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Xiayun ZuoNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Rashelle J MusciDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7267-5822

Funding

Global Mental Health Training ProgramT32MH103210 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Judith Karen Bass, Sarah Sutherlin-McIvor Murray · 2015 to 2026
$4.0M
Early adolescents living in adversity: a global mixed methods studyF31HD100161 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FINE, SHOSHANNA LEAH · 2019 to 2020
$63k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD100161NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH103210
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Abstract

Early adolescents (ages 10-14) living in low- and middle-income countries have heightened vulnerability to psychosocial risks, but available evidence from these settings is limited. This study used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study to characterize prototypical patterns of emotional and behavioral problems among 10,437 early adolescents (51% female) living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Indonesia, and China, and explore the extent to which these patterns varied by country and sex. LCA was used to identify and classify patterns of emotional and behavioral problems separately by country. Within each country, measurement invariance by sex was evaluated. LCA supported a four-class solution in DRC, Malawi, and Indonesia, and a three-class solution in China. Across countries, early adolescents fell into the following subgroups: Well-Adjusted (40-62%), Emotional Problems (14-29%), Behavioral Problems (15-22%; not present in China), and Maladjusted (4-15%). Despite the consistency of these patterns, there were notable contextual differences. Further, tests of measurement invariance indicated that the prevalence and nature of these classes differed by sex. Findings can be used to support the tailoring of interventions targeting psychosocial adjustment, and suggest that such programs may have utility across diverse cross-national settings.

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Mental DisordersProblem BehaviorAdolescentChinaDeveloping CountriesEmotionsFemaleHumansMalebehavioral problemsearly adolescentsemotional problemslatent class analysislow- and middle-income countriespsychosocial development

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