Continuity of Psychopathology Throughout Adolescence and Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study tested two opposing hypotheses on the continuity of psychopathology throughout adolescence and young adulthood; differentiation versus dynamic mutualism. Differentiation predicts that co-occurrence decreases, while dynamic mutualism predicts that co-occurrence increases due to causal interactions amongst mental health problems.

Method

Using data from the Dutch TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (n = 2228, 51% female), we studied the development of self-reported internalizing, externalizing, and attention problems at ages 11 to 26 across six waves. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel modeling was employed to distinguish within-person development from stable between-person processes.

Results

Large stable between-person associations indica

SUBMITTER: Richards JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318507 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature