TY - GEN A1 - Reiß, Franziska A1 - Behn, Steven A1 - Erhart, Michael A1 - Strelow, Lisa A1 - Kaman, Anne A1 - Ottová-Jordan, Veronika A1 - Bilz, Ludwig A1 - Moor, Irene A1 - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike T1 - Subjective health and psychosomatic complaints of children and adolescents in Germany: Results of the HBSC study 2009/10 – 2022 T2 - Journal of Health Monitoring N2 - Background: Subjective health and well-being are important health indicators in childhood and adolescence. This article shows current results and trends over time between 2009/10 and 2022. Methods: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study examined subjective health, life satisfaction and psychosomatic complaints of N = 21,788 students aged 11 to 15 years in the school years 2009/10, 2013/14, 2017/18 and in the calendar year 2022. Multivariate regression analyses show the associations between sociodemographic characteristics and well-being in 2022, as well as trends since 2009/10. Results: The majority of children and adolescents indicate a good subjective health and high life satisfaction. About half of the girls and one third of the boys report multiple psychosomatic health complaints, with a clear increase over time. Older adolescents, girls and gender diverse adolescents are at an increased risk of poor well-being. Subjective health and life satisfaction varied between 2009/10 and 2022, with a significant deterioration between 2017/18 and 2022. Conclusions: The high proportion of children and adolescents with psychosomatic complaints, as well as the observed gender and age differences, underline the need for target group-specific prevention, health promotion and continuous health monitoring. KW - Children KW - Adolescents KW - Mental Health KW - Subjective Health KW - Life Satisfaction KW - Psychosomatic Complaints KW - Prevalences KW - Schools KW - HBSC KW - Survey KW - Germany Y1 - 2024 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/32965 UR - https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/Focus_en/JHealthMonit_2024_01_Subjective_Health.pdf SN - 2511-2708 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 7 EP - 22 ER -