Negative Affect and Drinking among Indigenous Youth: Disaggregating Within- and Between-Person Effects.

Autor: Reynolds A; Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Ashley.reynolds@mail.concordia.ca., Paige KJ; Department of Psychology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA., Colder CR; Department of Psychology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA., Mushquash CJ; Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.; Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada.; Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Ontario, Canada.; Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.; Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay, Ontorio, Canada., Wendt DC; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Burack JA; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., O'Connor RM; Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Roisin.OConnor@Concordia.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research on child and adolescent psychopathology [Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 52 (6), pp. 865-876. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01173-1
Abstrakt: Negative affect (depression/anxiety) and alcohol use among Indigenous youth in Canada remain a concern for many communities. Disparate rates of these struggles are understood to be a potential outcome of colonization and subsequent intergenerational trauma experienced by individuals, families, and communities. Using a longitudinal design, we examined change in alcohol use and negative affect, and reciprocal associations, among a group of Indigenous adolescents. Indigenous youth (N = 117; 50% male; M age =12.46-16.28; grades 6-10) from a remote First Nation in northern Quebec completed annual self-reported assessments on negative affect (depression/anxiety) and alcohol use. A Latent Curve Model with Structured Residuals (LCM-SR) was used to distinguish between- and within-person associations of negative affect and alcohol use. Growth models did not support change in depression/anxiety, but reports of drinking increased linearly. At the between-person level, girls reported higher initial levels of depression/anxiety and drinking; depression/anxiety were not associated with drinking. At the within-person level, drinking prospectively predicted increases in depression/anxiety but depression/anxiety did not prospectively predict drinking. When Indigenous adolescents reported drinking more alcohol than usual at one wave of assessment, they reported higher levels of negative affect than expected (given their average levels of depression/anxiety) at the following assessment. Our findings suggest that when Indigenous youth present for treatment reporting alcohol use, they should also be screened for negative affect (depression/anxiety). Conversely, if an Indigenous adolescent presents for treatment reporting negative affect, they should also be screened for alcohol use.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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