What is it about?
We examined the link between adolescent physical and mental health and explored whether sex-specific maladjustment patterns reported internationally (i.e., internalizing in females - externalizing in males) emerge and are evident in gender-inequitable setting.
Featured Image
Photo by Speedy Sandy on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The work is important for several reasons, it challenges a dualistic view of physical and mental health in adolescence, it examines the universality of sex-differences in maladjustment pattern, discusses the role of gender-inequitable environment, and emphasizes on gender-responsive health interventions in school-going adolescents.
Perspectives
As researchers in a multidisciplinary team, we examined adolescent health challenge to check if affective science theories and models capture real-world problem in non-western, gender-inequitable settings.
Varsha Singh
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Association between physical and mental health in school-going adolescents: Sex-specific patterns of maladjustment in formative years of life, PLOS Mental Health, September 2026, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000708.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
