Shawn Marschall-Lévesque1, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan2, Sophie Parent3, Johanne Renaud4, Frank Vitaro5, Michel Boivin6, Richard E Tremblay7, Jean R Séguin8. 1. Psychology Department, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 2. School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: natalie.castellanos.ryan@umontreal.ca. 3. School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 4. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 5. School of Psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Centre de recherche du CHU Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 6. Psychology Department, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada. 7. Centre de recherche du CHU Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Pediatrics and Psychology, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada; Institute of Genetic, Neurobiological, Social Foundations of Child Development, Tomsk State University, Russian Federation; School of Public Health and Population Science, University College, Dublin, Ireland. 8. Centre de recherche du CHU Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Recent years have seen increased coverage of adolescent victimization and suicide. Both adolescent peer victimization and substance use have been associated with suicidal ideation, with evidence suggesting that all three factors are interrelated. There are at least four models which can explain the associations between these factors (i.e., self-medication, secondary mental disorder, bidirectional, and common factor). However, none of them is being empirically supported as the dominant model because few longitudinal studies have explored the association between these factors. METHODS: The present study compared longitudinal paths of all four models simultaneously using a cross-lagged model. This was done using self-reported measures of peer victimization, suicidal ideation, and alcohol use at age 13, 14, and 15 years in a longitudinal sample of 238 adolescents. RESULTS: All three variables were moderately stable across time. Significant cross-lagged associations were found, showing that frequent peer victimization at age 13 years was associated with higher odds of having suicidal ideation at age 14 years (odds ratio, 1.82; p < .05). In turn, presence of suicidal ideation at age 14 years was significantly associated with higher alcohol use frequency at age 15 years (β = .13; p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Results support previous literature suggesting that peer victimization predates alcohol use and extends it by showing clear directionality between suicidal ideation and alcohol use over 1 year, supporting the self-medication model. Clarifying the empirical basis of these underlying models could allow for earlier prevention strategies, by targeting the risk factor that appears the earliest in the model.
PURPOSE: Recent years have seen increased coverage of adolescent victimization and suicide. Both adolescent peer victimization and substance use have been associated with suicidal ideation, with evidence suggesting that all three factors are interrelated. There are at least four models which can explain the associations between these factors (i.e., self-medication, secondary mental disorder, bidirectional, and common factor). However, none of them is being empirically supported as the dominant model because few longitudinal studies have explored the association between these factors. METHODS: The present study compared longitudinal paths of all four models simultaneously using a cross-lagged model. This was done using self-reported measures of peer victimization, suicidal ideation, and alcohol use at age 13, 14, and 15 years in a longitudinal sample of 238 adolescents. RESULTS: All three variables were moderately stable across time. Significant cross-lagged associations were found, showing that frequent peer victimization at age 13 years was associated with higher odds of having suicidal ideation at age 14 years (odds ratio, 1.82; p < .05). In turn, presence of suicidal ideation at age 14 years was significantly associated with higher alcohol use frequency at age 15 years (β = .13; p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Results support previous literature suggesting that peer victimization predates alcohol use and extends it by showing clear directionality between suicidal ideation and alcohol use over 1 year, supporting the self-medication model. Clarifying the empirical basis of these underlying models could allow for earlier prevention strategies, by targeting the risk factor that appears the earliest in the model.
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