Cross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorCosma, Alina
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Gina
dc.contributor.authorde Looze, Margreet E.
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Sophie D.
dc.contributor.authorPaakkari, Leena
dc.contributor.authorBilz, Ludwig
dc.contributor.authorGobina, Inese
dc.contributor.authorPage, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorHulbert, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorInchley, Jo
dc.contributor.authorRavens-Sieberer, Ulrike
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Tania
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Gonneke W.J.M.
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Public Health and Epidemiology
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-21T08:55:01Z
dc.date.available2025-02-21T08:55:01Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2024 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Building on research suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an exacerbation of deteriorating trends in mental health among adolescents, this paper examined trends in adolescents' psychological and somatic complaints across 35 countries from 2010 to 2022, and tested trends in sociodemographic inequalities in these outcomes between 2018 and 2022. Methods: Using data from 792,606 adolescents from 35 countries (51% girls; mean age = 13.5; standard deviation 1.6) across four Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022), hierarchical multilevel models estimated cross-national trends in adolescent psychological and somatic complaints. We tested whether observed values in 2022 were in line with predicted values based on 2010–2018 linear trends. Finally, moderation effects of age, family affluence, and family structures on the outcomes were tested (2018–2022). Results: Both girls and boys showed substantially higher levels of psychological complaints in 2022 compared with the predicted values. For somatic complaints, higher levels than predicted in 2022 were observed only in girls. Moderation analyses revealed an increase from 2018 to 2022 in age gaps and a narrowing in the socioeconomic gap for both outcomes. Also, there was a widening gap between adolescents living with 2 parents and those living in a single parent household in 2022 compared to 2018. Discussion: Cross-national increases in adolescent psychological and somatic complaints were higher than expected in 2022, based on previous trends. Magnitudes of change varied across different sociodemographics groups, with implications for pre-existing mental health inequalities.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationCosma, A, Martin, G, de Looze, M E, Walsh, S D, Paakkari, L, Bilz, L, Gobina, I, Page, N, Hulbert, S, Inchley, J, Ravens-Sieberer, U, Gaspar, T & Stevens, G W J M 2025, 'Cross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.09.028
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.09.028
dc.identifier.issn1054-139X
dc.identifier.otherMendeley: 1628ead7-af28-3b81-8337-360c2c5f3743
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/17102
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dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1628ead7-af28-3b81-8337-360c2c5f3743/
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Adolescent Health
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectcross-cultural
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectHBSC
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectsocio-economic inequalities
dc.subjecttime trends
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject5.1 Psychology
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.subjectPediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Mental health
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleCross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemicen
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