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Int. J. Public Health, 23 October 2025

Volume 70 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1609116

Corrigendum: Three Decades of Adolescent Health: Unveiling Global Trends Across 41 Countries in Psychological and Somatic Complaints (1994–2022)

  • 1. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  • 2. School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  • 3. Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia

  • 4. Department of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway

  • 5. School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

  • 6. Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

  • 7. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  • 8. Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS), University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

  • 9. Institute of Social Medicine and Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

  • 10. Arabkir Medical Centre, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 11. Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

  • 12. National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  • 13. School of Psychology and Life Sciences, SPIC/Hei-Lab/Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal

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A Corrigendum on Three Decades of Adolescent Health: Unveiling Global Trends Across 41 Countries in Psychological and Somatic Complaints (1994–2022) by Schrijvers K, Cosma A, Potrebny T, Thorsteinsson E, Catunda C, Reiss F, Hulbert S, Kostičová M, Melkumova M, Bersia M, Klanšček HJ, Gaspar T and Dierckens M (2024). Int J Public Health. 69:1607774. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607774

There was a mistake in Table 3 as published. The headers in the first two rows in table three were off. The corrected Table 3 appears below.

TABLE 3

Trend until 2018Trend until 2022
Psychological complaintsSomatic complaintsPsychological complaintsSomatic complaints
Country/regionBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls
Armeniae———Linear decrease—Quadratic—U-shaped*—Quadratic—U-shaped*
AustriaaLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shapedLinear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped*
Belgium—Flandersa—Linear increaseQuadratic—inverted U-shapedCubicCubic*Cubic*Linear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped*
Belgium—WalloniaaQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—inverted U-shapedLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shapedCubic*—*Linear increase
BulgariadQuadratic—U-shapedLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped—Cubic*Linear increaseLinear increase*Cubic*
Canadaa—Quadratic—U-shaped—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shaped—Quadratic—U-shaped*
Croatiac—Quadratic—U-shaped———Quadratic—U-shaped—Quadratic—U-shaped*
CzechiaLinear increaseLinear increase—Quadratic—inverted U-shapedLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*—Cubic*
DenmarkaLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseCubic*Linear increaseCubic*
EnglandbCubicLinear increase—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Cubic*Cubic*Cubic*
Estoniaa—Cubic—CubicCubic*CubicCubic*Cubic
Finlanda—Quadratic—U-shapedLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped—*Cubic*
FranceaQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedCubicQuadratic—inverted U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedLinear increase*Cubic*
Germanya—Quadratic—U-shaped—Linear increaseCubic*Cubic*Linear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped*
GreecebLinear decreaseCubic——Cubic*CubicQuadratic—U-shaped*Cubic*
Greenlanda—Linear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increase*Linear increaseLinear increaseLinear increase
Hungarya—CubicLinear increaseLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*CubicLinear increaseCubic*
Icelandd—Linear increase—CubicQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shaped*/Quadratic—U-shaped*
Irelandb—Linear increase—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shaped*Linear increase*Linear increase
IsraelaLinear decrease————*Cubic*Quadratic–inverted U-shaped*Cubic*
Italyc—Linear increase—Linear increaseLinear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped*/Linear increase
LatviaaLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseLinear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Cubic*Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*
Lithuaniaa—CubicQuadratic - inverted U-shaped—Cubic*CubicQuadratic-inverted U-shapedCubic*
Luxembourgd—Cubic——Linear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped*——
North-Macedoniac—Quadratic—U-shaped——Linear increase*Quadratic—U-shapedLinear increase*Linear increase*
Maltac—Linear increaseLinear increaseLinear increase—Linear increaseLinear increaseLinear increase
Netherlandsc—Linear increase—CubicQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shaped*Linear increase*Linear increase*
Norwaya—Linear increase——Cubic*Linear increase—Linear increase*
PolandaCubicCubicQuadratic—inverted U-shapedLinear increaseCubicCubicLinear increase*Cubic*
PortugalbQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shaped——Quadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shaped/Quadratic—U-shaped*
Romaniad—/Quadratic - U-shaped——Quadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shaped/Cubic*
Russiaa——Quadratic—inverted U-shapedLinear increase————
ScotlandaQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shaped—Quadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shapedLinear increase*Quadratic—U-shaped
SlovakiaaLinear increase—Linear increaseLinear increaseCubic*Cubic*Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*
SloveniacQuadratic—U-shapedCubic—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shapedCubicLinear increase*Linear increase
SpaincLinear decreaseLinear decrease—Linear decreaseLinear decreaseQuadratic—U-shaped*—Linear decrease
SwedenaLinear increaseLinear increase—Linear increaseCubic*Cubic*Linear increase*Cubic*
Switzerlandb—Quadratic—U-shaped—Linear increaseLinear increase*Cubic*Linear increase*Cubic*
UkrainecQuadratic—U-shapedCubicCubic—————
USAbLinear decreaseCubic——————
WalesaCubicQuadratic—U-shaped—Linear increaseQuadratic—U-shaped*Quadratic—U-shapedQuadratic—U-shaped*Cubic*
Total number of countries with
Linear decrease41021001
Linear increase61472084199
Quadratic—inverted U-shaped00520020
Quadratic—U-shaped713111518211
Cubic39241016216
None (—)214261240131

Overview of time trend patterns for psychological and somatic complaints by gender and country for 1994–2018 and 1994–2022 (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, 41 countries).

* = Different trend pattern for 1994–2018 and 1994–2022;

a

Data since 1994.

b

Data since 1998.

c

Data since 2002.

d

Data since 2006.

e

Data since 2010.

The first published incorrect version of the article has been updated.

Summary

Keywords

adolescence, mental health, gender differences, cross-national, HBSC

Citation

Schrijvers K, Cosma A, Potrebny T, Thorsteinsson E, Catunda C, Reiss F, Hulbert S, Kostičová M, Melkumova M, Bersia M, Klanšček HJ, Gaspar T and Dierckens M (2025) Corrigendum: Three Decades of Adolescent Health: Unveiling Global Trends Across 41 Countries in Psychological and Somatic Complaints (1994–2022). Int. J. Public Health 70:1609116. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1609116

Received

22 September 2025

Accepted

24 September 2025

Published

23 October 2025

Volume

70 - 2025

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© 2025 Schrijvers, Cosma, Potrebny, Thorsteinsson, Catunda, Reiss, Hulbert, Kostičová, Melkumova, Bersia, Klanšček, Gaspar and Dierckens.

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*Correspondence: Karen Schrijvers,

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