Mental health profiles of 15-year-old adolescents in the Nordic Countries from 2002 to 2022: person-oriented analyses

Table 9 Differences in comparison measures between the mental health profiles, calculated separately for boys and girls

听	Adequate mental health	Perceived good mental health	Perceived poor health	High psychosomatic complaints	Dual health problems	Eta²
Feeling stressed:
Boys	-0.06^d	-0.32^e	0.25^c	0.39^b	0.97^a	0.12
Girls	-0.46^e	-0.75^d	0.15^b	0.20^b	0.74^a	0.24
Feel lonely:
Boys	-0.07^d	-0.37^e	0.30^c	0.49^b	1.11^a	0.17
Girls	-0.40^d	-0.72^e	0.03^c	0.20^b	0.68^a	0.21
Regular health habits:
Boys	-0.05^c	0.27^d	-0.38^b	-0.08^c	-0.56^a	0.13
Girls	0.06^d	0.32^e	-0.24^b	-0.03^c	-0.42^a	0.12
Good parent communication:
Boys	0.00^d	0.21^e	-0.26^b	-0.21^c	-0.60^a	0.11
Girls	0.11^d	0.35^e	-0.20^b	-0.11^c	-0.50^a	0.08
Like school:
Boys	0.03^d	0.23^e	-0.25^c	-0.36^b	-0.81^a	0.07
Girls	0.22^d	0.42^e	-0.10^c	-0.18^b	-0.63^a	0.11
Taking medication:
Boys	-0.10^c	-0.10^c	0.29^b	0.20^b	0.46^a	0.13
Girls	-0.21^c	-0.30^d	0.16^b	0.03^b	0.46^a	0.06
Family is well off:
Boys	-0.03^c	0.22^d	-0.31^b	-0.07^c	-0.51^a	0.04
Girls	0.01^c	0.29^d	-0.26^b	0.05^c	-0.41^a	0.04

Comparison measures are transformed into Z-scores
There are significant differences, at the .001 level, in all comparisons for both boys and girls. Hence, eta², as a measure of effect size, is reported
eta² value .01 is small, .06 is medium, and .14 is large effect size
Different superscripts ^{a b c} represent significant differences (p鈥�<鈥�.05) between the four cluster groups employing Student Neuman Keul鈥檚 post-hoc test. The Dual health problems group is consistently designated superscript ^a

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