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Emotional well-being of children and adolescents: Recent trends and relevant factors

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  • Anna Choi

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This paper provides a synthesis of the literature on mental health and emotional well-being of children and adolescents, including an overview on the latest PISA 2015 results where relevant. The paper begins by providing a definition of the terms and a synopsis of mental health and emotional well-being trends among youths in the recent decades, including psychiatric disorders, life satisfaction, and bullying. Different factors underlie recent emotional well-being trends, such as sleep deprivation, increasing levels of stress and pressure and social relations. The contexts and environment that children live in today have been rapidly changing and can have a considerable impact on their well-being. Among effective prevention and intervention programmes for children and adolescents' depression, anxiety, and suicide, the most common element found is cognitive-behavioural therapy. This approach aims to improve children's problem solving, coping skills and to overcome negative thoughts and emotions. Efforts to collect more information on mental health indicators and information on relevant factors would be helpful for future research.

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  • Anna Choi, 2018. "Emotional well-being of children and adolescents: Recent trends and relevant factors," OECD Education Working Papers 169, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:169-en
    DOI: 10.1787/41576fb2-en
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    1. Jacqueline Francis & Tan-Chyuan Chin & Dianne Vella-Brodrick, 2020. "Examining Emotional Literacy Development Using a Brief On-Line Positive Psychology Intervention with Primary School Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-15, October.
    2. Juliane Schlesier & Ramona Obermeier, 2025. "Individual and Contextual Determinants of Primary and Early Secondary School Students’ School Well-being: A Discriminant Analysis and Cross-lagged Panel Model Approach," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 18(4), pages 1875-1903, August.
    3. Robert Rudolf & Dirk Bethmann, 2023. "The Paradox of Wealthy Nations’ Low Adolescent Life Satisfaction," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 79-105, January.
    4. Kim, Jangmin & Choi, Mi Jin & Trahan, Mark H. & Bellamy, Jennifer L. & Pierce, Barbara, 2020. "Does parent engagement enhance children’s emotional well-being in family team conference? Not a panacea for families with intimate partner violence," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    5. Chen Wang, Yudan & McLeroy, Amanda M., 2023. "Poverty, parenting stress, and adolescent mental health: The protective role of school connectedness reexamined," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).

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