@article{ref1,
title="Adolescent alcohol use and suicidal ideation: a nonrecursive model",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2003",
author="Light, John M. and Grube, J. W. and Madden, Pamela A. F. and Gover, Jill",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="705-724",
abstract="Prior research has found that adolescent alcohol use is correlated with suicide ideation and behaviors. The causal nature of this relationship, however, has not been established. It could result from a significant causal effect in either direction, both directions, or joint influence from some third factor. These possibilities were addressed using data from a two-wave (24-month) panel survey of junior and senior high school students aged 12 or older at Wave 1. A total of 615 students (301 males, 314 females) completed both waves. Alcohol Problems were related to suicide ideation and behavior cross-sectionally within Waves 1 and 2. Separate Full-Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) models were estimated for males and females using the same set of identifying restrictions. Results suggested that suicidality leads to increased alcohol-related problems for females, while alcohol-related problems are predictive of suicidality among males. Sensitivity and spuriousness tests did not appreciably alter this conclusion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}