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Correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of substance use: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.

ABSTRACT: Inclusion of collateral informant reports is common in adolescent psychopathology research and clinical assessment, yet few studies have examined agreement on ratings of adolescent substance use or factors that may be associated with reporter agreement. The present study aimed to extend prior work on the correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of adolescent substance use with data from a large (n=5214), diverse, community-based sample of youth aged 11-17 (mean age=14.53, SD=1.98; 52% female). Specifically, we examined: (a) agreement between adolescent and collateral informant reports of adolescent use of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, and stimulants and (b) potential correlates of reporter agreement. Agreement ranged from low (?=0.007, p=0.053) for inhalant use to moderate (?=0.414, p<0.001) for marijuana use. Disagreements were mainly driven by collateral underestimation of adolescent substance use. Older adolescent age was associated with poorer agreement across all substances (Odds Ratios [ORs]?0.80, ps<0.05) except inhalants (OR=1.28, p<0.001). Reporter agreement on alcohol and marijuana use was lower for male than female adolescents (ORs?0.85, ps<0.05). Adolescent psychopathology was associated with poorer agreement on all substances (ORs?0.62, ps<0.01). For alcohol and marijuana, past year frequency of use was associated with better reporter agreement (ORs?1.54, ps<0.001). For marijuana, older age at first use was related to poorer agreement (OR=0.81, p=0.01). Our results suggest that collateral reports of adolescent substance use may be ineffective proxies for adolescent self-reports in community samples, particularly for low base rate substances. Findings also highlight important factors to consider when collecting substance use information from multiple informants.

SUBMITTER: Jones JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140708 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of substance use: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.

Jones Jason D JD Scott J Cobb JC Calkins Monica E ME Ruparel Kosha K Moore Tyler M TM Gur Ruben C RC Gur Raquel E RE

Addictive behaviors 20160922

Inclusion of collateral informant reports is common in adolescent psychopathology research and clinical assessment, yet few studies have examined agreement on ratings of adolescent substance use or factors that may be associated with reporter agreement. The present study aimed to extend prior work on the correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of adolescent substance use with data from a large (n=5214), diverse, community-based sample of youth aged 11-17 (mean age=14.53, SD=1.98; ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundAn integrative multidisciplinary approach is required to elucidate the multiple factors that shape neurodevelopmental trajectories of mental disorders. The Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort (PNC), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health Grand Opportunity (GO) mechanism of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was designed to characterize clinical and neurobehavioral phenotypes of genotyped youths. Data generated, which are recently available through the NIMH Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP), have garnered considerable interest. We provide an overview of PNC recruitment and clinical assessment methods to allow informed use and interpretation of the PNC resource by the scientific community. We also evaluate the structure of the assessment tools and their criterion validity.MethodsParticipants were recruited from a large pool of youths (n = 13,958) previously identified and genotyped at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. A comprehensive computerized tool for structured evaluation of psychopathology domains (GOASSESS) was constructed. We administered GOASSESS to all participants and used factor analysis to evaluate its structure.ResultsA total of 9,498 youths (aged 8-21; mean age = 14.2; European American = 55.8%; African American = 32.9%; Other = 11.4%) were enrolled. Factor analysis revealed a strong general psychopathology factor, and specific 'anxious-misery', 'fear', and 'behavior' factors. The 'behavior' factor had a small negative correlation (-0.21) with overall accuracy of neurocognitive performance, particularly in tests of executive and complex reasoning. Being female had a high association with the 'anxious-misery' and low association with the 'behavior' factors. The psychosis spectrum was also best characterized by a general factor and three specific factors: ideas about 'special abilities/persecution,' 'unusual thoughts/perceptions', and 'negative/disorganized' symptoms.ConclusionsThe PNC assessment mechanism yielded psychopathology data with strong factorial validity in a large diverse community cohort of genotyped youths. Factor scores should be useful for dimensional integration with other modalities (neuroimaging, genomics). Thus, PNC public domain resources can advance understanding of complex inter-relationships among genes, cognition, brain, and behavior involved in neurodevelopment of common mental disorders.

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Correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of substance use: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.

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Correspondence between adolescent and informant reports of substance use: Findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort.

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