**5. Conclusions**

This quadripartite model allows us to delve deeper into the evolution of life satisfaction and perception of psychological symptoms of distress and look at gender and educational level (age) differences from a different perspective.

This four-scenario perspective provides relevant insight into the worsening of the psychological health of adolescents after the COVID-19 pandemic, accentuates the gender differences already identified, alerts in a more refined way to the gender and grade/age differences, and has already had an impact on the recommendations defined and on the ongoing prevention and promotion measures [4].

Several previous studies [1, 2], specifically the recent HBSC 2022 study [20] and the DGEEC 2022 study [4], emphasise the significance of the prevention of psychological distress and the promotion of psychological health and well-being among adolescents in the school contexts integrates the following.
