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ArticleBMJ open2025

Mental health in the moment: protocol for an accelerated cohort measurement burst study of adolescent mental health.

Aja Murray, Luke Power, Dejla Hoxha, Tong Xie, Helen Wright, Lorna Caddick, Katie Dryburgh, Clara Sanchez-Izquierdo, Daria Melashenko, Alex Crocker

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Article in BMJ open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Constructs, Predictive Factors and Measures: Insights From the Mental Health in the Moment (MHIM) Co-Production Panel.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  2. Recruitment and retention of adolescents for an ecological momentary assessment measurement burst mental health study: The MHIM engagement strategy.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Aja MurrayDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Aja.Murray@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9068-3188
Luke PowerDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Dejla HoxhaDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Tong XieDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-0554
Helen WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Lorna CaddickDivision of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6483-1236
Katie DryburghDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Clara Sanchez-IzquierdoUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Daria MelashenkoDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alex CrockerDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAdolescence is a key period of development for mental health; however, little is known about how (cumulative) daily life experiences impact long-term mental health development in this period, and vice versa. 'Mental health in the moment' (MHIM) is an accelerated cohort measurement burst study designed to illuminate these links. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The current protocol describes the rationale and design for MHIM, which aims to recruit and follow up approximately 500 adolescents across five age cohorts (in secondary school years S1-S5, aged 11-16 at baseline) and follow them over a 5-year data collection period. Data collection will include online surveys and ecological momentary assessments bursts every 6 months, annual caregiver surveys, the collection of stress biomarker data at three key measurement points and continuous radar-based sleep measurement for a subsample of participants. The study is informed by a young person advisory group input throughout its lifecycle. Data will be analysed using techniques such as dynamic structural equation modelling. The study can provide insights into mental health development from a multitimeframe developmental perspective, including insights into 'daily life' intervention targets for improving adolescent mental health. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study received ethical approval from the philosophy, psychology and language science ethics committee at the University of Edinburgh (404-2425/3) and the findings will be published in a series of peer-reviewed publications.

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Adolescent DevelopmentEcological Momentary AssessmentMental HealthPsychology, AdolescentResearch DesignAdolescentBiomarkersCaregiversChildEmotional RegulationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHairHumansMaleNailsBiomarkersAdolescentAnxiety disordersDepression & mood disordersMENTAL HEALTH

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PMID41224289
PMCPMC12612733

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