Life satisfaction for adolescents with developmental and behavioral disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to identify contextual factors associated with life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic for adolescents with mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental (MEBD) disabilities.

Methods

Data were collected from a sample of 1084 adolescents aged 11-21 years from April 2020 to August 2021. This cross-sectional study used a sequential machine learning workflow, consisting of random forest regression and evolutionary tree regression, to identify subgroups of adolescents in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) consortium who demonstrated enhanced vulnerability to lower life satisfaction as described by intersecting risk factors, protective factors, and MEBD disabilities.

Results

Adolescents with a history of depres

SUBMITTER: Sherlock P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature