TY - JOUR
T1 - Relevance of well-being, resilience, and health-related quality of life to mental health profiles of European adolescents
T2 - results from a cross-sectional analysis of the school-based multinational UPRIGHT project
AU - the UPRIGHT Consortium
AU - Las-Hayas, Carlota
AU - Mateo-Abad, Maider
AU - Vergara, Itziar
AU - Izco-Basurko, Irantzu
AU - González-Pinto, Ana
AU - Gabrielli, Silvia
AU - Mazur, Iwona
AU - Hjemdal, Odin
AU - Gudmundsdottir, Dora Gudrun
AU - Knoop, Hans Henrik
AU - Olafsdottir, Anna Sigríður
AU - Fullaondo, Ane
AU - González, Nerea
AU - Mar-Medina, Javier
AU - Krzyżanowski, Dominik
AU - Morote, Roxanna
AU - Anyan, Frederick
AU - Ledertoug, Mette Marie
AU - Tidmand, Louise
AU - Arnfjord, Unnur Björk
AU - Kaldalons, Ingibjorg
AU - Jonsdottir, Bryndis Jona
AU - de Manuel Keenoy, Esteban
AU - Zorrilla-Martínez, Iñaki
AU - Pérez-Martínez-de-Arrieta, Patricia
AU - Larrañaga, Igor
AU - Carbone, Sara
AU - Rizzi, Silvia
AU - Donisi, Valeria
AU - Pálsdóttir, Hrefna
AU - Ingibergsdóttir, Alda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Purpose: The existing evidence suggests that a complete evaluation of mental health should incorporate both psychopathology and mental well-being indicators. However, few studies categorize European adolescents into subgroups based on such complete mental health data. This study used the data on mental well-being and symptoms of mental and behavioral disorders to explore the mental health profiles of adolescents in Europe. Methods: Data collected from adolescents (N = 3767; mean age 12.4 [SD = 0.9]) from five European countries supplied the information on their mental well-being (personal resilience, school resilience, quality of life, and mental well-being) and mental and behavioral disorder symptoms (anxiety, depression, stress, bullying, cyber-bullying, and use of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis). Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were combined to classify the youths into mental health profiles. Results: Adolescents were categorized into three mental health profiles. The "poor mental health" profile (6%) was characterized by low levels of well-being and moderate symptoms of mental disorders. The "good mental health" profile group (26%) showed high well-being and few symptoms of mental disorders, and the "intermediate mental health" profile (68%) was characterized by average well-being and mild-to-moderate symptoms of mental disorders. Groups with higher levels of well-being and fewer symptoms of mental disorders showed lower rates of behavioral problems. Mental well-being indicators strongly contributed to this classification. Conclusion: Adolescents with the "intermediate" or "poor" mental health profiles may benefit from interventions to improve mental health. Implications for school-based interventions are discussed. Trial registration number (TRN) and date of registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376. Registered 15 May 2019.
AB - Purpose: The existing evidence suggests that a complete evaluation of mental health should incorporate both psychopathology and mental well-being indicators. However, few studies categorize European adolescents into subgroups based on such complete mental health data. This study used the data on mental well-being and symptoms of mental and behavioral disorders to explore the mental health profiles of adolescents in Europe. Methods: Data collected from adolescents (N = 3767; mean age 12.4 [SD = 0.9]) from five European countries supplied the information on their mental well-being (personal resilience, school resilience, quality of life, and mental well-being) and mental and behavioral disorder symptoms (anxiety, depression, stress, bullying, cyber-bullying, and use of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis). Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were combined to classify the youths into mental health profiles. Results: Adolescents were categorized into three mental health profiles. The "poor mental health" profile (6%) was characterized by low levels of well-being and moderate symptoms of mental disorders. The "good mental health" profile group (26%) showed high well-being and few symptoms of mental disorders, and the "intermediate mental health" profile (68%) was characterized by average well-being and mild-to-moderate symptoms of mental disorders. Groups with higher levels of well-being and fewer symptoms of mental disorders showed lower rates of behavioral problems. Mental well-being indicators strongly contributed to this classification. Conclusion: Adolescents with the "intermediate" or "poor" mental health profiles may benefit from interventions to improve mental health. Implications for school-based interventions are discussed. Trial registration number (TRN) and date of registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376. Registered 15 May 2019.
KW - Mental disorders
KW - Mental health promotion
KW - Prevention
KW - School interventions
KW - Well-being
KW - Youth
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85113148249
U2 - 10.1007/s00127-021-02156-z
DO - 10.1007/s00127-021-02156-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 34417859
AN - SCOPUS:85113148249
SN - 0933-7954
VL - 57
SP - 279
EP - 291
JO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
JF - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
IS - 2
ER -
ODS 3: Salud y bienestar