| Abstract [eng] |
Adolescence is a highly sensitive period in which important neurological and social changes occur, and the stressors and traumatic experiences during this developmental stage are highly associated with the early onset of psychopathology and the further impairment on individual and identity. However, stress and trauma studies of adolescents are scarce, and the adjustment disorder, which is directly related to stressful experiences, has so far only been studied in the adult samples. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of stressful experiences among adolescents and to assess adjustment disorder and its risk factors, based on the new definition in ICD-11. This study used a demographic questionnaire; Adjustment Disorder – New Module 8 Questionnaire (ADNM-8); Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening (CATS); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). In total 234 adolescents (110 girls and 124 boys) from three Vilnius schools participated in this study. Age of participants ranged from 11 to 16 years old. (M = 13.62; SD = 1.31). Results showed that the majority of adolescents in Lithuania experienced at least one stressor (84.6%) over the last year, and prevalence of life-time traumatic experiences was 83.3%. High risk of ICD-11 adjustment disorder in the sample was 17.5%. A unidimensional structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder, consisting of two main factors of adjustment disorder, was identified in our sample of Lithuanian adolescents. |
