Relationships between Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Scholes-Balog, Kirsty E.; Hemphill, Sheryl A.; Patton, George C.; Toumbourou, John W.
Titel	Relationships between Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (2015) 4, S.538-561 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431614540526
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Substance Abuse; Depression (Psychology); Longitudinal Studies; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Grade 11; Predictor Variables; Smoking; Drinking; Drug Abuse; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Statistical Analysis; Statistical Significance; At Risk Persons; Questionnaires; Surveys; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Prädiktor; Rauchen; Trinken; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Statistische Analyse; Risikogruppe; Fragebogen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Australien
Abstract	This study examined longitudinal relationships between depressive symptoms and use of alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit substances among adolescents, addressing methodological limitations and potential confounding in the extant literature. The sample comprised adolescents who were surveyed in Grades 6 (n = 916), 9 (n = 804), and 11 (n = 791). Cross-lagged path analyses were used to examine bi-directional relationships between substance use and depressive symptoms. Early adolescent depressive symptoms predicted mid-adolescent cigarette, alcohol, and illicit substance use (the latter among females only). Mid-adolescent depressive symptoms predicted late adolescent illicit substance use (females only). There were no statistically significant pathways from substance use to later depressive symptoms. However, these relationships were reduced to non-significance with the addition of covariates associated with the family environment, school, and individual. The findings suggest that the association between adolescent depressive symptoms and later substance use can be explained by common risk factors that produce vulnerability to both depression and substance use. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01