Sigita Lesinskienė

ORCID: 0000-0003-2922-8626
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Research Areas
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Educational Methods and Impacts
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Language Acquisition and Education
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Vilnius University
2015-2025

Lietuvos Bioetikos Komitetas
2020

Radboud University Nijmegen
2017

Université Paris Cité
2017

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2017

There has been a lack of studies on bullying in non-western low-income and middle-income countries. This study reported the prevalence traditional victimization, cybervictimization, combination these, 13 European Asian countries, explored how psychiatric symptoms were associated with victimization. The data for this cross-sectional, school-based 21,688 adolescents aged 13-15 collected from 2011 to 2017. main outcomes cybervictimization obtained student self-reports. Strengths Difficulties...

10.1007/s00787-021-01779-6 article EN cc-by European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021-04-21

The present study aims to estimate childhood overweight and obesity prevalence their association with individual population-level correlates in Eastern Western European countries. Data were obtained from the School Children Mental Health Europe, a cross-sectional survey conducted 2010 Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania Turkey. sample consists of 5,206 school children aged 6 11 years old. Information on socio-demographics, children's height weight, life-style parental...

10.1186/s12889-015-1809-z article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2015-05-07

Assessments of child psychopathology are often derived from parental and teacher reports, yet there is substantial disagreement. This study utilized data 7 European countries to examine parent-teacher agreement possible explanatory factors for disagreement such as family characteristics, parenting dimensions, maternal distress were explored. Parent-teacher the Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire assessed using a cross-sectional survey 4,894 school aged children 6-11 School Children Mental...

10.1002/mpr.1589 article EN International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2017-10-12

Studies have linked the use of corporal punishment children to development mental health disorders. Despite recommendation international governing bodies for a complete ban practice, there is little European data available on effects and influence laws banning punishment. Using from School Children Mental Health Europe survey, objective this cross-sectional study was examine prevalence legal status across six countries evaluate association between parental children's health. The found that...

10.1371/journal.pone.0118059 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2015-02-12

Background: Sotos syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by NSD1 gene (nuclear receptor binding SET domain containing protein 1) variants and characterized overgrowth, macrocephaly, learning disabilities, co-occurring neuropsychiatric symptoms. Methods: Literature sources published in 2002–2023 were selected analyzed from PubMed Google Scholar databases. Results: Neuropsychiatric symptoms are observed among children adolescents with syndrome. The majority have intellectual disabilities or...

10.3390/jcm13082204 article EN Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024-04-11

Background : The School Children Mental Health in Europe (SCMHE) project aims to build up a set of indicators collect and monitor children's mental health an efficient comparable methodology across the EU countries. It concerns primary schools children aged 6 11 years range where few data are available whereas school interventions promising. Methods Three informants were used: parents, teachers children. In selecting instruments language, selected according easiness translate them: SDQ...

10.2174/1745017901511010113 article EN cc-by-nc Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2015-02-26

From the public health perspective, epidemiological data of child mental and psychosocial correlates were necessary very lacking in Lithuanian society that has been undergoing rapid socio-economic change since past decades. Together with determining prevalence rates disorders assessing needs for services, this study also shifted attention from highly selective samples children attending adolescent services towards less severe cases psychopathology as well different attitudes parents...

10.1186/s12889-018-5436-3 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2018-04-24

Higher education students express high levels of suicidal ideation. However, data on students' knowledge suicide and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help are lacking. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate ideation, literacy help, assess whether these variables were interrelated.Higher completed an online survey that consisted 12 questions (based the Literacy Suicide Scale), Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale Suicidal...

10.1177/03000605231172452 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of International Medical Research 2023-05-01

Abstract Background Children being left behind (LBC) in their home countries due to parental emigration is a global issue. Research shows that parents’ negatively affects children’s mental health and well-being. Despite high number of LBC, there dearth data from Eastern European countries. The present study aims collect analyse self-reported on LBC emotional behavioural problems compare reports with those parents/caregivers. Methods A cross-sectional was conducted 24 Lithuanian schools,...

10.1186/s13034-024-00726-y article EN cc-by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2024-03-18

Suicidal ideation, an important risk factor for suicide attempts, has unclear neurobiological basis and is potentially linked to the dysregulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis immune-inflammatory systems. While inflammatory markers have been associated with attempts and, a lower extent suicidal data on role stress-response system less robust, most studies carried out cortisol showing inconsistent results. The present study extends previous implicating systems in thoughts...

10.1016/j.cpnec.2024.100235 article EN cc-by Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 2024-04-26

Happiness and health are crucial elements of adolescents' lives that significantly impact mental well-being societal engagement. This article hypothesizes a suitable school environment may be one the components can students' subjective feelings happiness health. research aimed to determine association between negative environment, such as experiencing bullying feeling insecure at school, The study was conducted in 2023, surveying students grades 7-10 from two Lithuanian cities their...

10.3390/children12010068 article EN cc-by Children 2025-01-07

The widespread use of the Internet among teenagers has raised concerns about cyberbullying and its impact on adolescent well-being. This study examined association between victimization suicide attempts adolescents in high-income low/middle-income countries. Data from six countries (Singapore, China, Iran, Indonesia, India, Lithuania) were collected as part Eurasian Child Mental Health Study. A total sample 9892 aged 13–15 years old (51.9% girls) was analyzed. Generalized estimating equation...

10.3390/ijerph22030385 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2025-03-06

The aim of this study was to examine the determinants use mental health services for children across Europe, with a specific focus on differences in availability resources.Data were drawn from School Children Mental Health Europe Project. Parent- and teacher-reported child status based Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire. Sociodemographic characteristics parents children, as well academic performance previous 12 months, collected. Countries categorized having high versus low resources....

10.1176/appi.ps.201600409 article EN Psychiatric Services 2017-04-03
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