Strengthening associations between psychotic like experiences and suicidal ideation and behavior across middle childhood and early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding risk factors related to suicidal ideation (SI) and suicidal behaviors (SB) in youth is important for informing prevention and intervention efforts. While it appears that psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are strongly associated with both SI and SB at different points across the lifespan, the longitudinal nature of this relationship in middle childhood and early adolescence is understudied.

Methods

The study used the unique longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study data. Mixed effects linear models examined associations between PLEs and SI and SB over time using three time points of data from ages 9-13.

Results

First, analyses indicated that endorsement of SI and SB increased as youth grew older for those with increased distress

SUBMITTER: Karcher NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature