Bachmann, Monica S.; Znoj, Hansjörg; Haemmerli, Katja (2014). A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health in Emerging Adults. Swiss journal of psychology, 73(3), pp. 135-141. Huber 10.1024/1421-0185/a000132
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Emerging adulthood is a time of instability. This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between mental health and need satisfaction among emerging adults over a period of five years and focused on gender-specific differences. Two possible causal models were examined: (1) the mental health model, which predicts that incongruence is due to the presence of impaired mental health at an earlier point in time; (2) the consistency model, which predicts that impaired mental health is due to a higher level of incongruence reported at an earlier point in time. Emerging adults (N = 1,017) aged 18–24 completed computer-assisted telephone interviews in 2003 (T1), 2005 (T2), and 2008 (T3). The results indicate that better mental health at T1 predicts a lower level of incongruence two years later (T2), when prior level of incongruence is controlled for. The same cross-lagged effect is shown for T3. However, the cross-lagged paths from incongruence to mental health are marginally associated when prior mental health is controlled for. No gender differences were found in the cross-lagged model. The results support the mental health model and show that incongruence does not have a long-lasting negative effect on mental health. The results highlight the importance of identifying emerging adults with poor mental health early to provide support regarding need satisfaction.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Znoj, Hans Jörg |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1421-0185 |
Publisher: |
Huber |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Adriana Biaggi |
Date Deposited: |
21 Apr 2015 16:15 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:44 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1024/1421-0185/a000132 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65547 |
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