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Relations Among Suicidality, Recent/Frequent Alcohol Use, and Gender in a Black American Adolescent Sample: A Longitudinal Investigation
Author(s) -
Tomek Sara,
Hooper Lisa M.,
Church Wesley T.,
Bolland Kathleen A.,
Bolland John M.,
Wilcox Katherine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22169
Subject(s) - psychology , suicidal ideation , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , longitudinal study , logistic regression , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
Objective Examine longitudinally select factors that may contribute to suicide ideations and attempts in adolescents. Method Using a multiple cohort research design, surveys were administered to a longitudinal sample of Black American adolescents aged 11–18 years. Results Two logistic growth models were tested with the probability of a suicide ideation ( n = 977) and identified suicide attempt ( n = 457) as the outcome variables and the recency and frequency of alcohol use and gender as the predictor variables. The recency and frequency of alcohol use was significantly related to suicide ideations and identified attempts in both females and males. These findings were differentiated based on the age effects for recency and frequency of alcohol use. More recent and frequent alcohol use among younger adolescents exacerbated probabilities of suicide ideations and identified suicide attempts compared to older adolescents. Conclusion Results indicate that early systematic assessment of suicidal behavior and alcohol use in Black American adolescents can inform developmentally and culturally responsive prevention and intervention efforts.