Early-stage profiles of adolescent mental health difficulties and well-being: A systematic review of cluster analyses in large school and community samples.

ABSTRACT: Traditional diagnostic and services pathways often overlook the nuanced ways that mental health problems and strengths appear in community settings. Some researchers have therefore used person-centered statistics-or clustering analyses-to identify profiles of socioemotional and behavioral difficulties and well-being traits in preclinical settings such as schools and communities. The objective of this review was to synthesize common adolescent mental health profiles within the literature and examine the state of the science. A systematic review of the literature was completed. Only studies that assessed multiple types of difficulties and/or strengths across community and/or school samples were included. A total of 3960 studies were screened, and k = 13 were included. Data extraction focused

SUBMITTER: Bennett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature