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- Title
Positive Youth Development, Mental Stress and Life Satisfaction in Middle School and High School Students in Portugal: Outcomes on Stress, Anxiety and Depression.
- Authors
Carvalho, Marina; Branquinho, Cátia; Moraes, Barbara; Cerqueira, Ana; Tomé, Gina; Noronha, Catarina; Gaspar, Tânia; Rodrigues, Nuno; Matos, Margarida Gaspar de
- Abstract
The relation between positive youth development and stress, anxiety and depression was studied considering the mediator role of psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. A total of 3109 students included in the "Psychological Health and Well-being" study of the School Observatory participated, including 1618 females and 1491 males aged between 11 and 18 years old (M = 14.45; SD = 1.88), belonging to different school groups in different regions of the country. Adolescents with higher stress, depression and anxiety levels reported lower levels of competence, confidence and connection, as well as more psychological symptoms and lower life satisfaction. The results also showed that adolescents with higher levels of competence, confidence and connection reported less psychological symptoms and more life satisfaction. Two separate mediation analyses were performed to analyse the role of mental distress and life satisfaction on the relationship between positive youth development indicators and stress, anxiety and depression. These analyses confirmed the predicted relationships and partial mediations between mental distress and life satisfaction. These results should be taken into account in public policies concerning young people's health and education that should involve both targeted and indicated prevention strategies, including school and community-based interventions, in order to be effective.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGY of middle school students; ADOLESCENT development; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); SATISFACTION; RESEARCH funding; PSYCHOLOGY of high school students; POSITIVE psychology; QUESTIONNAIRES; ANXIETY; CONFIDENCE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILD development; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; NATIONAL competency-based educational tests; DATA analysis software; FACTOR analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MENTAL depression; WELL-being
- Publication
Children, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 6, p681
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children11060681