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The analytic sample comprised\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 9,881 participants with valid data on at least one mediation indicator across waves (W1\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 5,675; W2\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 6,238; W3\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 5,472); the cross-sectional EFA used\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 5,833 (W1, eight items). Two standardized composites (restrictive, enabling mediation) served as LPA indicators; a monitoring item was reserved for external validation. Cross-national distributions were tested with \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      and Cram\u00e9r's V; distal outcomes (six wellbeing variables) with the BCH method; stability and country moderation via three-wave and multi-group LTA (measurement invariance).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Three profiles emerged: Disengaged (40.2%), Moderate Balanced (35.4%), and Active All-Round (24.4%). Profile validity was confirmed against monitoring (\n                      <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>\n                      (2, 5,410) = 910.80,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; .001, \u03b7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 0.252). Prevalence varied significantly across countries (\u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (10) = 365.63,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001, Cram\u00e9r's\n                      <jats:italic>V<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.179): Estonia had the most Disengaged adolescents (58.4%; ASR = +13.4), Portugal the most Active All-Round (33.6%; ASR = +8.5). BCH analyses revealed a threshold rather than gradient pattern: Disengaged adolescents showed less favorable outcomes than both Moderate and Active profiles, which differed less consistently. Multi-group LTA revealed uniform drift toward Disengaged across all six countries from W1 to W3 (2-year net increases: +12.1\u2013+25.2 pp), with Disengaged highly absorbing in every country (one-wave stability: 0.830\u20130.965).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Parental mediation strategies co-occur in interpretable configurations that vary across cultures and developmental stages. Disengaged adolescents showed less favorable outcomes than those whose parents engaged at any level (threshold pattern), supporting basic engagement over its absence. 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