Longitudinal panel networks of risk and protective factors for early adolescent suicidality in the ABCD sample.

ABSTRACT: Rates of youth suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are rising, and younger age at onset increases vulnerability to negative outcomes. However, few studies have investigated STBs in early adolescence (ages 10-13), and accurate prediction of youth STBs remains poor. Network analyses that can examine pairwise associations between many theoretically relevant variables may identify complex pathways of risk for early adolescent STBs. The present study applied longitudinal network analysis to examine interrelations between STBs and several previously identified risk and protective factors. Data came from 9,854 youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study cohort (M_age = 9.90 ± .62 years, 63% white, 53% female at baseline). Youth and their caregivers completed an a

SUBMITTER: Wallace GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12108376 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature