Depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences: the moderating role of gender among American Indian adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Depression, alcohol use, and alcohol-related consequences are experienced disproportionately by American Indian (AI) adolescents. The co-occurrence of depression and alcohol use is clinically relevant, as it is associated with increased risk for suicide, among other negative consequences. Understanding how the association between depressive symptoms and alcohol use and related consequences is influenced by gender is important to understand for whom intervention efforts might be particularly relevant. Thus, the present study seeks to evaluate gender differences in these associations among AI adolescents.

Methods

Participants were a representative sample of AI adolescents (N = 3,498, M_age=14.76, 47.8% female) residing on or near reservations who co

SUBMITTER: Schick MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10667562 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature