20.500.12556/DKUM-95394 Mental health, burnout and stress-related symptoms among youth prevalence and pandemic effects The chapter examines youth mental health in Croatia and Slovenia through validated measures of depression, anxiety, stress (DASS-9), burnout (BAT-12), and self-reported worries. Results indicate elevated levels of impairment, with over one-quarter of young people in both countries reporting severe depressive symptoms, around 20% reporting severe anxiety, and nearly one-third reporting high stress, with Croatian respondents consistently showing slightly higher levels of depression and stress. Burnout symptoms were more pronounced among students than employed youth, which underlines the role of educational settings as environments of heightened psychological strain. There were statistically significant gender and age disparities observed: young women, particularly in the youngest cohorts, reported the highest levels of mental health difficulties, whereas older women showed improvement. Among men, different age-related trends emerged. Socio-economic status also influenced outcomes, with financially better-off youth reporting fewer symptoms. youth mental health burnout Croatia Slovenia mladi duševno zdravje izgorelost Hrvaška Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-09-16 12:59:49 2025-09-16 12:59:51 2025-09-17 03:18:05 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 134-155 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-03 316.346.32-053.6:159.944.4 247088643 249131523 10.18690/um.ff.7.2025.6 RAZ_Kuterovac_Jagodic_Gordana_2025.pdf RAZ_Kuterovac_Jagodic_Gordana_2025.pdf 1 4A1122656EA39B69B388E39C334B5207 36085173eba65d0763bdcd94d90e0173c60a60e2f26c7b9cd4d7f7790934d82c aa737792-92ec-11f0-8742-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198569 https://doi.org/10.18690/um.ff.7.2025.6 1 45991612-92ec-11f0-8742-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198567 Filozofska fakulteta Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru 0 0 0