Longitudinal research is lacking with respect to how negative emotional reactivity and somatic symptoms during adolescence set the stage for later health. The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine within-person associations between negative emotional reactivity and somatic symptoms during adolescence and their effects on health and wellbeing in adulthood. Participants (N = 1527; 48.3% female) were assessed annually at the age of 12 to 16 years and at the age of 35 and 45 years. Adolescents with frequent somatic symptoms reported higher reactivity. Individual differences in levels and changes of somatic symptoms and reactivity were independently associated with adult health and wellbeing decades later. The findings underscore the importance of considering how individual differences change during adolescent development.

关于青春期期间的负面情绪反应和躯体症状如何为以后的健康奠定基础，缺乏纵向研究。这项纵向研究的目的是检查青春期期间负面情绪反应与躯体症状之间的人体内关联及其对成年期健康和福祉的影响。参与者（N  = 1527；48.3% 为女性）每年在 12 至 16 岁以及 35 岁和 45 岁期间接受评估。经常出现躯体症状的青少年报告反应性更高。躯体症状和反应性水平和变化的个体差异与几十年后成人的健康和福祉独立相关。研究结果强调了考虑个体差异在青少年发展过程中如何变化的重要性。