{"title":"Quarterly stability of dual-factor mental health profiles among high school students: A latent transition analysis.","authors":"Mei-Ki Chan, Tyler L Renshaw","doi":"10.1037/spq0000720","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the stability of dual-factor mental health (DFMH) profiles over an academic quarter (i.e., 3 months) in a sample of 444 high school students residing in suburban areas of the western United States. Utilizing latent transition analysis, three DFMH profiles were identified, complete mental health, troubled, and high internalizing problems. Students categorized within the complete mental health and high internalizing problems profiles exhibited high levels of stability, with 94% to 96% of individuals remaining within the same profile after a 3-month period. Conversely, 27% of students initially classified within the troubled profile displayed improved mental health outcomes, transitioning to the complete mental health category. These findings underscore the prevalence of stable DFMH profiles among most students over a 3-month period. The observed transition patterns inform the timing and frequency of universal school-based mental health screening practices. In addition, the high stability of students within the high internalizing problems profile highlights the importance of closely monitoring this group's symptoms and implementing targeted school-based interventions to address internalizing distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":74763,"journal":{"name":"School psychology (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"130-135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"School psychology (Washington, D.C.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000720","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/10/23 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study investigated the stability of dual-factor mental health (DFMH) profiles over an academic quarter (i.e., 3 months) in a sample of 444 high school students residing in suburban areas of the western United States. Utilizing latent transition analysis, three DFMH profiles were identified, complete mental health, troubled, and high internalizing problems. Students categorized within the complete mental health and high internalizing problems profiles exhibited high levels of stability, with 94% to 96% of individuals remaining within the same profile after a 3-month period. Conversely, 27% of students initially classified within the troubled profile displayed improved mental health outcomes, transitioning to the complete mental health category. These findings underscore the prevalence of stable DFMH profiles among most students over a 3-month period. The observed transition patterns inform the timing and frequency of universal school-based mental health screening practices. In addition, the high stability of students within the high internalizing problems profile highlights the importance of closely monitoring this group's symptoms and implementing targeted school-based interventions to address internalizing distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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