Clusters of Contemporary Risk and Their Relationship to Mental Well-Being Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents Across 37 Countries

Adolescents' mental well-being has become a growing public health concern. Adolescents' daily lives and their engagement in risks have changed dramatically in the course of the 21st century, leading to a need to update traditional models of risk to include new exposures and behaviors. To date, studies have examined the relationship between (mainly traditional) risk behaviors and adolescent mental well-being or looked at risk factors that jeopardize mental well-being such as lack of social support but have not combined them together to highlight the most significant risks for adolescent mental well-being today.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - May 21, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Sophie D. Walsh, Tal Sela, Margaretha De Looze, Wendy Craig, Alina Cosma, Yossi Harel-Fisch, Meyran Boniel-Nissim, Marta Malinowska-Cie ślik, Alessio Vieno, Michal Molcho, Kwok Ng, William Pickett Tags: Original article Source Type: research