Contribución de la Dinámica Emocional al Bienestar Psicosocial Adolescente: Protocolo para un Estudio Longitudinal

Área de la Ciencia:

• Psychology; Adolescent Development; Mental Health Research

Sus antecedentes:

• Adolescence is a critical developmental period with significant emotion regulation challenges and stress vulnerability.
• Heightened stress during adolescence increases risk for mental health issues and impacts psychosocial development.

Objetivo del estudio:

• To investigate how dynamic patterns of positive and negative affect predict changes in adolescent mental health, social well-being, and academic motivation.
• To utilize daily diary methods to capture naturalistic affective experiences and their longitudinal impact.
• To offer novel insights into affective processes beyond traditional static assessments.

Principales métodos:

• A longitudinal study involving 149 adolescents (aged 14-17) from Southwestern Ontario.
• Baseline assessment of academic motivation, social well-being, and mental health, followed by a 35-day smartphone-based daily diary protocol (twice daily).
• Follow-up assessments at 6, 12, and 18 months to track changes in psychosocial well-being domains.

Principales resultados:

• Enrollment of 149 adolescents between April 2023 and November 2024, with full 18-month follow-up by May 2026.
• Planned primary analyses using multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and dynamic structural equation modeling.
• Examination of concurrent correlations and prospective predictions of psychopathology and well-being by dynamic affect patterns.

Conclusiones:

• This study protocol emphasizes transparency and reproducibility through its integrated daily diary and longitudinal design.
• The research aims to clarify the implications of dynamic affective processing, such as affective reactivity to stress, for adolescent psychopathology.
• Findings will extend understanding of adolescent well-being beyond clinical syndromes by analyzing dynamic affective experiences.