Publications by authors named "J Inchley"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the rising internalizing problems among adolescents, particularly girls, in relation to gender equality from 2002 to 2022.
- It finds that the gender gap in psychological symptoms is widening more in gender-equal countries, largely due to increased symptoms among girls linked to stressors like schoolwork pressure.
- As gender equality has progressed, the initial mental health benefits for girls seem to have diminished, becoming negative as stressors have intensified, particularly in educational settings.
Sleep is crucial for the healthy development of adolescents, yet many suffer from chronic sleep deprivation. Over the transition to and course of adolescence there are known changes to sleep patterns e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Building on research suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an exacerbation of deteriorating trends in mental health among adolescents, this paper examined trends in adolescents' psychological and somatic complaints across 35 countries from 2010 to 2022, and tested trends in sociodemographic inequalities in these outcomes between 2018 and 2022.
Methods: Using data from 792,606 adolescents from 35 countries (51% girls; mean age = 13.5; standard deviation 1.
Background: Self-reported health is a widely used health indicator in surveys and questionnaires. The measure gained attention when research identified its association with mortality in the 1970s and 1980s. The measure is also associated with morbidity and other health outcomes such as the utilisation of health services.
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