The Mental Well-Being of Italian Adolescents in the Last Decade through the Lens of the Dual Factor Model.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: In Italy, the components of adolescents' mental well-being (psychological symptomatology and cognitive perception of life satisfaction) showed different temporal trends, suggesting the adoption of a multidimensional conceptualization. We aimed to assess temporal patterns and provide additional insights into Italian adolescents' mental well-being in the last decade by adopting the Dual Factor Model; (2) Methods: We used nationally representative samples of Italian students (n = 165,000) aged 11, 13, and 15 years across the three more recent Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) surveys. Two measures of mental well-being were used: life satisfaction (LS, indicator of positive subjective well-being) and psychological health complaints (PHC, indicator of menta

SUBMITTER: Bersia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9777362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature