The Mediating Role of School and Sibling Bullying in the Relationship between Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health Symptoms

Katsantonis, Ioannis

doi:10.3390/psych4020022

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“…Research studies have noted that internalising and externalising MHS display some comorbidity where a common trait underlies exposure to both domains of psychopathology (Willner et al ., 2016 ). Evidence coming from behaviour genetics (Cosgrove et al ., 2011 ; Lahey et al ., 2011 ) and survey (Goodman et al ., 2010 ; D'Urso and Symonds, 2022 ; Katsantonis, 2022 ) research suggests that internalising and externalising MHS are strongly correlated. Hence, we aimed to identify common MHS subtypes of internalising and externalising developmental trajectories in order to examine the degree of comorbidity between these broad types of MHS.…”

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Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles

Katsantonis

Symonds

2023

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Aims Multiple studies have connected parenting styles to children's internalising and externalising mental health symptoms (MHS). However, it is not clear how different parenting styles are jointly influencing the development of children's MHS over the course of childhood. Hence, the differential effects of parenting style on population heterogeneity in the joint developmental trajectories of children's internalising and externalising MHS were examined. Method A community sample of 7507 young children (ages 3, 5 and 9) from the Growing Up in Ireland cohort study was derived for further analyses. Parallel-process linear growth curve and latent growth mixture modelling were deployed. Results The results indicated that the linear growth model was a good approximation of children's MHS development (CFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.03). The growth mixture modelling revealed three classes of joint internalising and externalising MHS trajectories (VLMR = 92.51, p < 0.01; LMR = 682.19, p < 0.01; E = 0.86). The majority of the children (83.49%) belonged to a low-risk class best described by a decreasing trajectory of externalising symptoms and a flat low trajectory of internalising MHS. In total, 10.07% of the children belonged to a high-risk class described by high internalising and externalising MHS trajectories, whereas 6.43% of the children were probable members of a mild-risk class with slightly improving yet still elevated trajectories of MHS. Adjusting for socio-demographics, child and parental health, multinomial logistic regressions indicated that hostile parenting was a risk factor for membership in the high-risk (OR = 1.47, 95% CI 1.18–1.85) and mild-risk (OR = 1.57, 95% CI 1.21–2.04) classes. Consistent (OR = 0.75, 95% CI 0.62–0.90) parenting style was a protective factor only against membership in the mild-risk class. Conclusions In short, the findings suggest that a non-negligible proportion of the child population is susceptible to being at high risk for developing MHS. Moreover, a smaller proportion of children was improving but still displayed high symptoms of MHS (mild-risk). Furthermore, hostile parenting style is a substantial risk factor for increments in child MHS, whereas consistent parenting can serve as a protective factor in cases of mild-risk. Evidence-based parent training/management programmes may be needed to reduce the risk of developing MHS.

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Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles

Katsantonis

Symonds

2023

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…Subjective wellbeing has been conceptualized to include an affective component (experiencing positive and negative affect, moods and feelings) and a cognitive element (satisfaction with different aspects of life and with life as a whole, namely overall LS) (Diener et al, 2002 , Rees et al, 2013 ). Admittedly, there is less consensus on the definition of eudaimonic wellbeing compared to hedonic wellbeing (Katsantonis, 2022 ; Vik & Carlquist, 2018 ), and most existing research explored the developmental relationship between wellbeing and MH focusing on LS (Lyon et al, 2014 ; Fergusson et al, 2015 ; Patalay & Fitzsimons, 2018 ; Bieda et al, 2019 ). Therefore, in this study, we are focusing on LS.…”

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Life satisfaction and mental health from age 17 to 21 years in a general population sample

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Adolescence is a period when both mental health (MH) and wellbeing start deteriorating, which raises the question of how the two phenomena are linked and whether deterioration in one might be used to flag problematic developments in the other. While research shows that wellbeing and MH are associated, the direction of the association is not clear and longitudinal analyses, that might help disentangle the cause and effect, are scarce. Moreover, few studies have investigated the directional relation between MH and wellbeing early in the life course. In emerging adulthood, evidence indicates reciprocal associations and no gender differences, whereas, in early and middle adolescence, results are mixed and differ across gender. Thus, we investigated the relationship between MH and wellbeing and the moderating effect of gender in the crucial developmental transition from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. We undertake a cross-lagged longitudinal data analysis from a pooled sample of six pseudo-cohorts, including information from 661 young people who participated in the UK Household Longitudinal Study at ages 17, 19, and 21. Using a 7-points overall life satisfaction (LS) scale as an index of wellbeing and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire as a measure of MH, we found no associations between LS and MH in the 17–19 transition and bidirectional associations in the 19–21 transition. There were no substantial gender differences in either transition. We conclude that LS and MH predict each other in the transition from late adolescence (age 19) to emerging adulthood (age 21) for both males and females.

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“…Furthermore, subjective socio‐economic status has been connected to higher SE (Bannink et al, 2016) and SWB (Patalay & Fitzsimons, 2016). Bullying is also known to influence SWB (Katsantonis, 2022; Marquez & Main, 2021) and SE (Guo et al, 2022). Finally, feelings of safety are an important antecedent of SWB (Patalay & Fitzsimons, 2016) and SE (Birndorf et al, 2005).…”

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“…Bullying is also known to influence SWB (Katsantonis, 2022;Marquez & Main, 2021) and SE (Guo et al, 2022). Finally, feelings of safety are an important antecedent of SWB (Patalay & Fitzsimons, 2016) and SE (Birndorf et al, 2005).…”

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Development of subjective well‐being and its relationship with self‐esteem in early adolescence

Katsantonis

McLellan

Marquez

2022

British J of Dev Psycho

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Despite evidence indicating that self‐esteem (SE) may be considered a precondition to subjective well‐being (SWB), there are inconclusive findings regarding its developmental links with SWB. Considering the declines in SWB, the purpose of this study is to examine the developmental changes in SWB and its relationship with SE in early adolescence. The data of 11,231 adolescents aged 11 and 14 years old (50% females) from the Millennium Cohort Study were utilized. Latent mean comparison indicated that SWB declined substantially between 11 and 14 years old in the United Kingdom. Cross‐lagged modelling showed that SWB was developmentally unstable and that SE predicted later changes in SWB, whereas SWB did not predict changes in SE. SWB declines in the United Kingdom are mostly linked to less satisfaction with secondary school contexts and peer relationships. In short, SE is an important factor that can contribute to adolescents' SWB. Implications for educational policy and practice are discussed.

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The Mediating Role of School and Sibling Bullying in the Relationship between Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health Symptoms

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles

Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles

Life satisfaction and mental health from age 17 to 21 years in a general population sample

Development of subjective well‐being and its relationship with self‐esteem in early adolescence

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