Sex Differences in Comorbidity Between Substance Use and Mental Health in AdolescentsTwo Sides of the Same Coin

  1. Sergio Fernández-Artamendi 1
  2. Víctor Martínez-Loredo 2
  3. Carla López-Núñez 2
  1. 1 Universidad Loyola Andalucía
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    Universidad Loyola Andalucía

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0075gfd51

  2. 2 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

Revue:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915 1886-144X

Année de publication: 2021

Volumen: 33

Número: 1

Pages: 36-43

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: Psicothema

Résumé

Background: This study aims to evaluate sex differences in alcohol and cannabis use and mental health disorders (MHD) in adolescents, and to evaluate the predictive role of mental health disorders for alcohol and cannabis use disorders (AUD and CUD respectively). Method: A sample of 863 adolescents from the general population (53.7% girls, Mage = 16.62, SD = 0.85) completed a computerized battery including questions on substance use frequency, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Cannabis Problems Questionnaire for Adolescents – Short version, the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index and the DSM-IV-TR criteria for AUD and CUD. Bivariate analyses and binary logistic regressions were performed. Results: Girls presented significantly more mental health problems and a higher prevalence of comorbidity between SUD and MHD. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and phobic anxiety indicated a higher risk of AUD, whereas depression and interaction between hostility and obsessive-compulsive disorder indicated a higher risk of CUD. Conclusions: Comorbidity between SUD and MHD is high among adolescents, and significantly higher among girls.

Information sur le financement

This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science (Ref: MICINN-08-PSI2008-00309). The authors would like to thank the Education Department of the Principality of Asturias, as well as the participating institutions, their staff and their students.

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