Across the multiverse: exploring a diverse set of specifications related to cross-sectional and prospective associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems remains unclear and contradictory. These inconsistencies may in part be due to differences in the measurement and operationalization of alcohol use and emotional problems across studies, as well as confounder selection and missing data decisions. This study explores the associations between common specifications of adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems in a large sample of adolescents.

Methods

A multiverse analysis (also known as specification curve analysis or vibration of effects) was done with 7680 unique model specifications in a large longitudinal sample of 6639 Australian adolescents (aged ~14.7-15.7, 2021-2022).

Results

While alcohol use and emotional problems nearly unive

SUBMITTER: Halladay J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11769910 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature