Adolescent peer aggression and its association with mental health and substance use in an Australian cohort

Abstract Prospective longitudinal birth cohort data was used to examine the association between peer aggression at 14 years and mental health and substance use at 17 years. A sample of 1590 participants from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) study were divided into mutually exclusive c...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2014-01, Vol.37 (1), p.11-21
Main Authors: Moore, Sophie E, Norman, Rosana E, Sly, Peter D, Whitehouse, Andrew J.O, Zubrick, Stephen R, Scott, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Aggressiveness
Alcohol use
Australia
Australia - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bullying
Correlation analysis
Depression (Psychology)
Depression - epidemiology
Drug use
Female
Health Problems
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental Health
Miscellaneous
Pediatrics
Peer aggression
Peer Group
Peers
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Raine study
Sex Factors
Substance Abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Victims
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Summary:Abstract Prospective longitudinal birth cohort data was used to examine the association between peer aggression at 14 years and mental health and substance use at 17 years. A sample of 1590 participants from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) study were divided into mutually exclusive categories (victims, perpetrators, victim-perpetrators and uninvolved). Involvement in any type of peer aggression as a victim (10.1%), perpetrator (21.4%), or a victim-perpetrator (8.7%) was reported by 40.2% of participants. After adjusting for confounding factors, those who were a victim of peer aggression had increased odds of later depression and internalising symptoms whilst perpetrators of peer aggression were found to be at increased risk of depression and harmful alcohol use. Victim-perpetrators of peer aggression were more likely to have externalising behaviours at 17 years. These results show an independent temporal relationship between peer aggression and later mental health and substance use problems in adolescence.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.006