The closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic affected adolescents' social
withdrawal and social anxiety. Yet, self-esteem may have acted as a protective factor during …

Background Adolescent girls with diagnoses of autism, ADHD and/or developmental
coordination disorder (DCD) are at higher risk for mental health problems than boys with the …

Previous research has suggested that bullying victimization is associated with higher
suicidal risk among young people; however, the mechanisms underlying this relation have …

Background One in eight children in the United Kingdom are estimated to have a mental
health condition, and many do not receive support or treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic …

Within developmental science, there is a gap between our understanding of long-term
'developmental'processes, investigated via traditional longitudinal cohort designs, and our …

Young carers are people aged 25 years or less who deliver unpaid informal care to a family
or a friend living with a physical or mental illness, a disability, problems related to …

The co-occurrence of externalizing and internalizing problems is acknowledged, but gender
differences remain unclear. The present study examines gender differences in the …

Introduction Adolescence is the period in which individual and social identity, including self-
esteem and body image perception, is consolidated. During the COVID-19 pandemic …

To illuminate individual differences in the development of attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) symptoms in the general population, psychometric measures are needed …

Siblings of children with chronic disorders are at a heightened risk for internalizing and
externalizing problems. Studies on sibling mental health typically use parent report, and …