Depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents across 30 countries: Cross-national measurement invariance and relationships with subjective well-being

Veljko Jovanović; Sabirah Adams; Rebeca Aritio-Solana; Christ Billy Aryanto; Andreja Avsec; Ali Bakhshi; Martina Baldassarre; Michael Bender; Sophie Berjot; Sonia Betancourth Zambrano; Andreja Brajša-Žganec; Yunier Broche-Pérez; Carmen Buzea; Rosario Cabello; Rosalinda Cassibba; Judith Cavazos Arroyo; Fatemeh Daemi; Diego D. Díaz-Guerra; Marija Džida; Mona Eidelsburger; Pablo Fernandez-Berrocal; Evelyn Fernández Castillo; Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero; Tomasz Frąckowiak; Teresa Freire; Vesna Gavrilov‐Jerković; Biljana Gjoneska; Jesús Manuel Guerrero Alcedo; Jessie Hillekens; Stefan Höfer; Md Jamil Hossain; Naved Iqbal; Szilvia Jámbori; Mohsen Joshanloo; Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan; Tina Kavčič; Marta Kowal; Marija Krstevska Taseva; Sok Ian Kuan; Milica Lazić; Md. Tareq Mahmud; Denisse Lisette Manrique-Millones; Michal M. Misiak; Pasquale Musso; Vojana Obradović; Javier Ortuño-Sierra; Ioana Emanuela Orzea; Ahmet Özaslan; Joonha Park; Marija Pašić; Rasa Pilkauskaitė Valickienė; Rogelio Puente-Díaz; Lizbeth Puerta-Sierra; Gordana Ristevska Dimitrovska; S. Craig Roberts; Puji Tania Ronauli; Shazly Savahl; Danielius Serapinas; Agnieszka Sorokowska; Piotr Sorokowski; Dijana Sulejmanović; Mst Sadia Sultana; Erzsébet Szél; Dušana Šakan; Henri Tilga; Aleksandar Tomašević; Kwok Kit Tong; Wenceslao Unanue; Jesús Unanue; Marieke van Egmond; Murat Yıldırım; Sze Man Yuen; Gaja Zager Kocjan; Laura Zamarian; Marija Zotović

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2026.121693

Depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents across 30 countries: Cross-national measurement invariance and relationships with subjective well-being

Journal of Affective Disorders 2026 Open access

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Authors: Veljko Jovanović, Sabirah Adams, Rebeca Aritio-Solana, Christ Billy Aryanto, Andreja Avsec, Ali Bakhshi, Martina Baldassarre, Michael Bender, Sophie Berjot, Sonia Betancourth Zambrano, Andreja Brajša-Žganec, Yunier Broche-Pérez

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Carmen Buzea, Rosario Cabello, Rosalinda Cassibba, Judith Cavazos Arroyo, Fatemeh Daemi, Diego D. Díaz-Guerra, Marija Džida, Mona Eidelsburger, Pablo Fernandez-Berrocal, Evelyn Fernández Castillo, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Teresa Freire, Vesna Gavrilov‐Jerković, Biljana Gjoneska, Jesús Manuel Guerrero Alcedo, Jessie Hillekens, Stefan Höfer, Md Jamil Hossain, Naved Iqbal, Szilvia Jámbori, Mohsen Joshanloo, Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan, Tina Kavčič, Marta Kowal, Marija Krstevska Taseva, Sok Ian Kuan, Milica Lazić, Md. Tareq Mahmud, Denisse Lisette Manrique-Millones, Michal M. Misiak, Pasquale Musso, Vojana Obradović, Javier Ortuño-Sierra, Ioana Emanuela Orzea, Ahmet Özaslan, Joonha Park, Marija Pašić, Rasa Pilkauskaitė Valickienė, Rogelio Puente-Díaz, Lizbeth Puerta-Sierra, Gordana Ristevska Dimitrovska, S. Craig Roberts, Puji Tania Ronauli, Shazly Savahl, Danielius Serapinas, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Dijana Sulejmanović, Mst Sadia Sultana, Erzsébet Szél, Dušana Šakan, Henri Tilga, Aleksandar Tomašević, Kwok Kit Tong, Wenceslao Unanue, Jesús Unanue, Marieke van Egmond, Murat Yıldırım, Sze Man Yuen, Gaja Zager Kocjan, Laura Zamarian, Marija Zotović

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121693

Cited by: 1

References: 70

Fields of Study & Subjects

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Anxiety Depression Psychometrics Treatment Cognitive Processes Mental Health Treatment and Access

Publication details

Journal / source: Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Volume: 406
Pages: 121693–121693
Publication date: 27 March 2026
Language: EN

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