Contributing Factors in Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being—The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Social Support, and Health Behavior

Nagy-Pénzes, Gabriella; Vincze, Ferenc; Bíró, Éva

doi:10.3390/su12229597

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“…Regarding SS, studies have shown that lower SS is associated with unfavorable mental health among children and adolescents (e.g. ; Aber et al, 2000 ; Nagy-Pénzes et al, 2020 ). It has been proposed that SS predicts access to resources, which in turn may influence mental health (Mackenbach, 2012 ).…”

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Parental Perceptions of Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina

Andrés

Galli

Valle

et al. 2022

Child Youth Care Forum

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Background As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented preventive measures towards reducing infections. These conditions can affect the mental health of children and adolescents; however, this has not yet been fully explored. Objective The aim of the study was to analyze changes in symptomatology and positive emotions in Argentine children and adolescents since the onset of isolation, based on parent/caregiver report. We analyzed differences based on gender, age, socioeconomic status (SS) and containment measure (and their interactions); their associations with symptomatology and positive affect of parents/caregivers; and the moderating effects of sociodemographic factors on these associations. Method A total of 1205 caregivers responded to a survey regarding the mental health of children and adolescents under their care. They also completed a set of anxiety, depression, and affect measures about themselves. Results A considerable proportion of parents/caregivers perceived changes in their children’s and adolescents’ mental health compared to before the pandemic. Increased levels of anxiety-depression, aggression-irritability, impulsivity-inattention, and dependence-withdrawal were reported, as well as alterations in sleeping and eating habits, and a reduction in positive affect. Differences were observed according to their age and containment measure. Finally, we found correlations between parents/caregivers’ symptomatology and that reported about their children or adolescents. Gender, age and SS moderated some of these relationships. Conclusions Continued monitoring of child and adolescent mental health is a fundamental necessity. We recommend the implementation of early intervention strategies to prevent the escalation of serious mental health problems, particularly in those groups that have been most adversely affected since the onset of the pandemic.

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Parental Perceptions of Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina

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Galli

Valle

et al. 2022

Child Youth Care Forum

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“…Social support, socioeconomic status (SES), and health behaviors are affecting factors that concern nutritional status and could influence mental health [ 10 , 11 ]. Therefore, along with various factors, diet is a critical modifiable factor that appears to have a vital role in psychological status [ 12 ].…”

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The association between dietary inflammatory index, dietary antioxidant index, and mental health in adolescent girls: an analytical study

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Background Diet is considered as one of the modifiable factors that appears to exert a vital role in psychological status. In this way, we designed this study to examine the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII), dietary antioxidant index (DAI), and mental health in female adolescents. Methods This cross-sectional study included 364 female adolescents selected from high schools in the five regions of Tabriz, Iran. A 3-day food record was used to extract the dietary data and calculate DII/DAI scores. DII and DAI were estimated to assess the odds of depression, anxiety, and stress based on the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21. Adjusted relationships of the DII and DAI with depression, anxiety, and stress were determined using multiple regression after adjusting for age, energy intake, BMI, family income and mother and father education. Overweight was defined as body mass index (BMI)-for-age > + 1 z-score relative to world health organization standards. Results Depression, anxiety, and stress were observed in 21.4%, 26.6%, and 25.7% of subjects, respectively. The percentage of overweight among adolescents was 19.4%. The association between DII and score of mental health profile was positive among subjects in the third tertile of DII compared to subjects in the first tertile. However, this association was not statistically significant after adjusting for confounding variables. Moreover, there was a significant inverse association between DAI and depression and anxiety; and a statistically insignificant association between DAI and stress after adjusting for confounders. Conclusions Our results highlighted the importance of a healthy and anti-inflammatory diet on mental health in female adolescents. Therefore, modifying unhealthy dietary habits are likely to be effective in the management of psychosocial disorders.

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“…Adolescents, who are at high risk for mental health problems, began to experience stress, emotional conflicts, fear, and a sudden change in routine more intensely than people in other age groups [ 3 , 4 ]. Among mental health problems, depression was already the most common mental disorder in adolescents, even before the global health crisis [ 5 ]. As if the age of vulnerability that is adolescence was not enough by itself, with the pandemic, many of these young people began to experience an increase in anxiety and depressive symptoms, associated with overlapping risk factors [ 3 , 4 ].…”

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Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fernandes¹,

Silva

Noll

et al. 2022

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The objectives of this study were to compare the prevalence of depressive symptoms, behavioral habits, and QoL in students from two vocational–technical schools, and to determine the association of depressive symptoms with behavioral habits and quality of life (QoL) in these students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with students attending the institution of the Brazilian Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. The students answered a questionnaire on sociodemographic variables, situations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioral habits, QoL, and depressive symptoms. The outcome variable was the presence of depressive symptoms, assessed using the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI). Poisson regression analysis with robust variance was performed. A total of 343 students participated in this study (women, 55.7%; mean age of 16.1 ± 0.93 years). The prevalence of depressive symptoms among students was 43.4% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 38.0–49.0), and these symptoms were significantly associated with being female (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.72; 95% CI: 1.31–2.27); being in the 10th grade (PR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.18–2.76) and 9th grade (PR 2.08; 95% CI: 1.37–3.18); social isolation (PR: 2.04; 95% CI: 1.00–4.14); hunger due to a lack of food at home (PR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.33–2.39); low physical activity levels (PR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.09–2.59); and moderate (PR: 2.87, 95% CI: 1.68–4.89) and low QoL (PR: 5.66; 95% CI: 3.48–9.19). The results emphasize the importance of interventions aimed mainly at female students and those in the initial years of high school, in addition to the importance of physical activity, food safety, and QoL to improve the mental health of students.

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Contributing Factors in Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being—The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Social Support, and Health Behavior

Cited by 20 publications

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Parental Perceptions of Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina

Parental Perceptions of Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Argentina

The association between dietary inflammatory index, dietary antioxidant index, and mental health in adolescent girls: an analytical study

Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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