title: Associations between the coping self in adolescence and mental health in early adulthood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We have insufficient knowledge of the factors that should be considered when attempting to promote the mental health of adolescents, and whether the coping self during adolescence is indicative of mental health in later life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Coping self data were collected in 1996 from 14-year-old pupils (N= 249) using part of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire. Mental health data were collected in 2006 from the same persons at the age of 24 years, using the Symptom Checklist-90 instrument, with a response rate of 64.0% (n= 159).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Feelings of adolescents related to poor emotional health including fear, shame, guilt, and low trust were associated with depression in women and interpersonal symptoms in men in early adulthood. In addition, feelings of a lack of mastery in adolescence were associated with psychotic symptoms in women and interpersonal symptoms in men in early adulthood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents' perceptions of their emotional health and mastery are important factors to consider in attempts to promote mental health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. Pirjo.Kinnunen@uku.fi
authors.forename: Pirjo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kinnunen
authors.forename: Eila
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laukkanen
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kiviniemi
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kylmä
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult