Core features of positive mental health in adolescents and their protective role against psychopathology.

ABSTRACT: Mental health is more than the absence of mental illnesses. However, while we acknowledge the importance of positive mental health, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding about positive mental health in adolescents and how it protects against psychopathology. This study seeks to understand adolescent positive mental health as a complex system by estimating the networks of components associated with positive mental health and their relationships to indicators of negative mental health. We analyzed data from 1909 adolescents aged 16-19 in Singapore using regular Gaussian Graphic models and Bayesian Directed Acyclic Graphs. Here we report positive self-image as a central upstream node with significant downstream effects on various aspects of well-being. Conversely, positive affect, so

SUBMITTER: Phua DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11794630 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature