National Child and Adolescent Health Policies as Indicators of Adolescent Mental Health: A Multilevel Analysis of 30 European Countries

Anne M. Hendriks; Meike Bartels; Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens; Sophie D. Walsh; Torbjørn Torsheim; Frank J. Elgar; Catrin Finkenauer

doi:10.1177/0272431619858413

National Child and Adolescent Health Policies as Indicators of Adolescent Mental Health: A Multilevel Analysis of 30 European Countries

Anne M. Hendriks, Meike Bartels, Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens, Sophie D. Walsh, Torbjørn Torsheim, Frank J. Elgar, Catrin Finkenauer

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

There is little evidence on the association between child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) policies and adolescent mental health. This study examined this association using data on indicators of adolescent mental health—aggressive behavior, life satisfaction, and psychosomatic symptoms—in 172,829 eleven- to fifteen-year-olds from 30 European countries in the 2013-2014 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study. Individual records were linked to national-level policies for CAMH, controlling for national-level adult violence, adult well-being, and income inequality. Multilevel analyses revealed lower adolescent aggressive behavior in countries with more CAMH policies, even after controlling for other national-level indicators. Adolescent life satisfaction and psychosomatic symptoms were not associated with CAMH policies. Results may inform policy recommendations regarding investments in adolescent mental health.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	537-565
Number of pages	29
Journal	Journal of Early Adolescence
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619858413
State	Published - 1 Apr 2020

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Keywords

HBSC
adolescent mental health
national policies

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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