Time trends in psychosomatic symptoms among Hungarian youth using repeated cross sectional HBSC data from 2002 to 2022.

ABSTRACT: Psychosomatic symptoms have become increasingly prevalent among adolescents; however, trends covering a longer period remain underexplored in Hungary. This study examines changes in psychosomatic symptoms among school-aged children using nationally representative data from the Hungarian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, collected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 (N = 37,930; M_age = 14.88 years, SD_age = 2.36 years; boys = 49.3%). Descriptive statistics, logistic regression analyses, and ANCOVAs were conducted to assess trends from 2002 to 2022. Girls and older adolescents reported more symptoms overall, with 2022 showing the highest prevalence across all symptom categories in both genders. The proportion of adolescents reporting multiple

SUBMITTER: Klein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12932817 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature