Mental health groups in high school students and later school dropout: a latent class and register-based follow-up analysis of the Danish National Youth Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health represents an important public health issue, and mental health problems have been linked to school dropout. This study aimed to identify mental health groups of high school students using both positive and negative aspects of mental health and to examine whether these mental health groups longitudinally predict school dropout.

Methods

We conducted latent class analysis using the Danish National Youth Study 2014 (n = 60,526; mean 17.9 years) to identify clustering of mental health (11 items covering positive and negative aspects of emotional wellbeing and functioning in daily life), separately by sex. The relationship with subsequent school dropout was examined using logistic regression models, adjusted for age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Inf

SUBMITTER: Andersen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature