Trends in adolescent mental health problems 2004-2020: Do sex and socioeconomic status play any role?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aims to investigate trends in four types of adolescent mental health problems; that is, psychosomatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideations, and suicide attempts 2004-2020. A second aim is to investigate the moderating roles of socioeconomic status and sex in these trends.

Methods

The analysis is based on repeated cross-sectional data 2004-2020 among grade 9 students in secondary schools in a Swedish county. In total, data from 19,873 students were included in the analysis. We fitted linear and logistic regression equations and used survey-years' coefficients to estimate the trends. We also estimated the moderating effects of socioeconomic status and sex using interactions between survey year and socioeconomic status and sex, respectively.

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SUBMITTER: Buli BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature