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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Personality and adolescent mental health

internalizing disorders, externalizing behaviors, and more Conflict of interest
severe psychopathological outcomes.
The author declares that he has no competing interests.
The review also emphasized the importance of
longitudinal studies in understanding how personality Author contributions
traits develop and change over time. Longitudinal research This is a single-authored article.
provides invaluable insights into the stability and plasticity
of personality traits, revealing how these traits predict Ethics approval and consent to participate
long-term outcomes such as academic achievement, career
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personality traits over time has allowed researchers to Consent for publication
identify key periods in adolescence when interventions
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developing maladaptive traits such as CU characteristics
or high neuroticism. Availability of data
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