The predictive capacity of AUDIT and AUDIT-C among adolescents in a one-year follow-up study

Liskola, Joni; Haravuori, Henna; Lindberg, Nina; Kiviruusu, Olli; Niemelä, Solja; Karlsson, Linnéa; Marttunen, Mauri

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108424

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“…In a relatively large study population consisting of clinical and school samples (Liskola et al, 2018 ), the optimal cut-off value found to detect problematic alcohol use in adolescents was ≥ 5. Therefore, consistent with this literature (Liskola et al, 2021 ), participants who scored < 5 were identified as “AUDIT-negative” and those who scored ≥ 5 were identified as “AUDIT-positive”.…”

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“…The French version of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT; Saunders et al, 1993 ) was used to assess problematic alcohol use among adolescents. Although the AUDIT is a clinical instrument used primarily in the adult population, previous studies have demonstrated its usefulness in screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents (e.g., Liskola et al, 2021 ). This questionnaire consists of 10 items, the first eight covering the past 12 months and the last two covering the entire lifetime.…”

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How Do Adolescents Manage Information in the Relationship with Their Parents? A Latent Class Analysis of Disclosure, Keeping Secrets, and Lying

Baudat

Mantzouranis

Petegem

et al. 2022

J Youth Adolescence

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The use of disclosure and concealment strategies by adolescents in the relationship with their parents may have important implications for their adjustment. Few studies of adolescents’ information management have taken a person-centered approach, yet it is a useful way to understand variations in how they regulate information shared with their parents. This study explored adolescents’ information management constellations with their mothers and fathers, and how these patterns differ in terms of perceived need-supportive parenting, autonomous reasons for disclosure, and problematic alcohol use. Three hundred thirty-two Swiss adolescents (45% female; Mage = 15.01 years) reported information management strategies used with each parent (disclosure, keeping secrets, lying), perceptions of maternal and paternal need-supportive parenting (involvement, autonomy support, structure), autonomous reasons for disclosure, and problematic alcohol use. Latent class analyses revealed three classes: Reserved (37%), Communicators (36%), and Deceptive (27%). Comparisons across classes showed that adolescents in the Communicators class reported the highest levels of parental involvement and autonomy support, as well as autonomous reasons for disclosure. Adolescents in the Deceptive class reported the lowest levels of parental involvement and autonomy support, as well as autonomous reasons for disclosure. Associations between classes and problematic alcohol use were also found, such that the likelihood of problem drinking was greater for adolescents in the Deceptive class. These findings underscore the importance of continued information sharing with both parents, and underline how a need-supportive parenting context may encourage adolescents to talk voluntarily.

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How Do Adolescents Manage Information in the Relationship with Their Parents? A Latent Class Analysis of Disclosure, Keeping Secrets, and Lying

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Mantzouranis

Petegem

et al. 2022

J Youth Adolescence

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“…How these cohort differences in hazardous drinking and alcohol-related expectancies may shape both the current and future alcohol use among all adolescents − and not drinkers alone − cannot be inferred from these results and should be investigated further. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that Norwegian adolescents who entered high school during the pandemic period may be at greater risk for future alcohol problems, as hazardous patterns of alcohol consumption during this sensitive developmental period are associated with multiple adverse outcomes over time [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 40 ]. Similarly, positive drinking expectations in general and positive social/relaxation expectancies in particular are both early emerging and strongly associated with (problem) alcohol use in later years [ 27 , 28 ].…”

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“…The three items above also constitute the slightly adjusted AUDIT-C screener for hazardous alcohol use, which is a concise version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) [ 37 ]. AUDIT-C has been successfully used to identify problem drinking among various youth populations, including those from the Nordic region [ 38 , 39 , 40 ]. The response options of the above frequency and quantity items were recoded to align with the AUDIT-C scoring, and the resulting sum scores ranged from 0 to 12.…”

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“…Internal consistency of the short scale was α ≥ 0.77 at all study assessments. We also dichotomized AUDIT-C scores into negative (AUDIT-C scores <3) and positive screeners (AUDIT-C scores ≥3) following the established international and Nordic cut-off values for identification of problem and binge drinkers in adolescent samples [ 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”

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Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Related Expectancies before and during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Nationwide MyLife Study

Andreas

Brunborg

2022

Eur Addict Res

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Introduction: We examined a range of alcohol use indicators among Norwegian adolescents before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We examined two cohorts of Norwegian 16-year-olds from the nationwide MyLife study who entered high school in fall 2020 (i.e., COVID-19 pandemic cohort; n = 915) and fall 2019/18 (i.e., prepandemic cohort; n = 1,621). Through e-surveys, adolescents reported their past year drinking frequencies and quantities (generating the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise; AUDIT-C scores) and completed Social Facilitation (SF) and Tension Reduction (TR) subscales of the Alcohol Outcome Expectancies Scale. Cohort differences across these outcomes were examined with linear and modified Poisson regression models. Results: There were no cohort differences in the proportion of adolescents who reported drinking in the past year or in drinking/binge drinking frequencies. However, alcohol quantities consumed on a typical drinking day were 1/3 of a drink greater in the COVID-19 cohort than in the prepandemic cohort; aIRR (95% CI) = 1.13 (1.02–1.25). These consumption differences compounded into significantly greater AUDIT-C scores (aIRR [95% CI] = 1.16 [1.02–1.32]) and positive AUDIT-C screens (31.2% vs. 26.4%; aRR [95% CI] = 1.21 [1.07–1.36]) in the COVID-19 cohort. In terms of alcohol-related expectancies, there were no SF differences, but the COVID-19 cohort reported significantly greater TR expectancies; b (95% CI) = 0.11 (0.02–0.20). Conclusion: Despite the 2020 lockdown, Norwegian adolescents who started high school during the first pandemic year did not differ from their prepandemic peers in terms of how many of them drank, how often they drank, or in prosocial expectations they had of alcohol use. However, they consumed greater alcohol quantities per drinking day, had greater AUDIT-C scores, and reported greater tension reduction expectations of alcohol use. These results underscore the value of examining adolescents’ alcohol-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic above and beyond the basic drinking prevalence and frequencies.

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24-Hour warning signs for adolescent suicide attempts

King,

Gipson Allen,

Ahamed

et al. 2023

Psychol. Med.

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Background Little is known about when youth may be at greatest risk for attempting suicide, which is critically important information for the parents, caregivers, and professionals who care for youth at risk. This study used adolescent and parent reports, and a case-crossover, within-subject design to identify 24-hour warning signs (WS) for suicide attempts. Methods Adolescents (N = 1094, ages 13 to 18) with one or more suicide risk factors were enrolled and invited to complete bi-weekly, 8–10 item text message surveys for 18 months. Adolescents who reported a suicide attempt (survey item) were invited to participate in an interview regarding their thoughts, feelings/emotions, and behaviors/events during the 24-hours prior to their attempt (case period) and a prior 24-hour period (control period). Their parents participated in an interview regarding the adolescents’ behaviors/events during these same periods. Adolescent or adolescent and parent interviews were completed for 105 adolescents (81.9% female; 66.7% White, 19.0% Black, 14.3% other). Results Both parent and adolescent reports of suicidal communications and withdrawal from social and other activities differentiated case and control periods. Adolescent reports also identified feelings (self-hate, emotional pain, rush of feelings, lower levels of rage toward others), cognitions (suicidal rumination, perceived burdensomeness, anger/hostility), and serious conflict with parents as WS in multi-variable models. Conclusions This study identified 24-hour WS in the domains of cognitions, feelings, and behaviors/events, providing an evidence base for the dissemination of information about signs of proximal risk for adolescent suicide attempts.

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The predictive capacity of AUDIT and AUDIT-C among adolescents in a one-year follow-up study

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

How Do Adolescents Manage Information in the Relationship with Their Parents? A Latent Class Analysis of Disclosure, Keeping Secrets, and Lying

How Do Adolescents Manage Information in the Relationship with Their Parents? A Latent Class Analysis of Disclosure, Keeping Secrets, and Lying

Adolescents’ Alcohol Use and Related Expectancies before and during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Nationwide MyLife Study

24-Hour warning signs for adolescent suicide attempts

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