Unveiling Adolescent Suicidality: Holistic Analysis of Protective and Risk Factors Using Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms.

Adolescent suicide attempts are on the rise, presenting a significant public health concern. Recent research aimed at improving risk assessment for adolescent suicide attempts has turned to machine learning. But no studies to date have examined the performance of stacked ensemble algorithms, which a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 507 - 526
Autores principales: Haghish, E. F., Nes, Ragnhild Bang, Obaidi, Milan, Qin, Ping, Stänicke, Line Indrevoll, Bekkhus, Mona, Laeng, Bruno, Czajkowski, Nikolai
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=175233696&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 175233696
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00472891
        JYA
      jtl: Journal of Youth & Adolescence
      issn: 00472891
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Mar2024
      vid: 53
      iid: 3
      pid: 237
      pub: Springer Nature
    artinfo:
      ui:
        175233696
        10.1007/s10964-023-01892-6
      ppf: 507
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 1022KB
      tig:
        atl: Unveiling Adolescent Suicidality: Holistic Analysis of Protective and Risk Factors Using Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms.
      aug:
        au:
          Haghish, E. F.
          Nes, Ragnhild Bang
          Obaidi, Milan
          Qin, Ping
          Stänicke, Line Indrevoll
          Bekkhus, Mona
          Laeng, Bruno
          Czajkowski, Nikolai
        affil:
          https://ror.org/01xtthb56 Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
          https://ror.org/046nvst19 Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
          https://ror.org/01xtthb56 Promenta Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
          https://ror.org/035b05819 Department of Psychology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
          https://ror.org/01xtthb56 National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
          Nic Waals Institute, Lovisenberg hospital, Oslo, Norway
          https://ror.org/01xtthb56 RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
      su:
        Norway
        Suicide risk factors
        Holistic medicine
        Suicidal ideation
        Suicidal behavior
        Teenagers' conduct of life
        Self-mutilation
        Eating disorders
        Well-being
        Adolescence
        Risk assessment
        Research funding
        Receiver operating characteristic curves
        Research methodology evaluation
        Norwegians
        Descriptive statistics
        Research
        Factor analysis
        Sleep disorders
      sug:
        subj:
          Suicide risk factors
          Holistic medicine
          Suicidal ideation
          Suicidal behavior
          Teenagers' conduct of life
          Self-mutilation
          Eating disorders
          Well-being
          Adolescence
          Norway
          Risk assessment
          Research funding
          Receiver operating characteristic curves
          Research methodology evaluation
          Norwegians
          Descriptive statistics
          Research
          Factor analysis
          Sleep disorders
      keyword:
        Adolescent suicide attempt
        Eating and sleep problems
        Optimism and well-being
        Risk and protective factors
        Self-harm
        Adolescent suicide attempt
        Eating and sleep problems
        Optimism and well-being
        Risk and protective factors
        Self-harm
      ab: Adolescent suicide attempts are on the rise, presenting a significant public health concern. Recent research aimed at improving risk assessment for adolescent suicide attempts has turned to machine learning. But no studies to date have examined the performance of stacked ensemble algorithms, which are more suitable for low-prevalence conditions. The existing machine learning-based research also lacks population-representative samples, overlooks protective factors and their interplay with risk factors, and neglects established theories on suicidal behavior in favor of purely algorithmic risk estimation. The present study overcomes these shortcomings by comparing the performance of a stacked ensemble algorithm with a diverse set of algorithms, performing a holistic item analysis to identify both risk and protective factors on a comprehensive data, and addressing the compatibility of these factors with two competing theories of suicide, namely, The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide and The Strain Theory of Suicide. A population-representative dataset of 173,664 Norwegian adolescents aged 13 to 18 years (mean = 15.14, SD = 1.58, 50.5% female) with a 4.65% rate of reported suicide attempt during the past 12 months was analyzed. Five machine learning algorithms were trained for suicide attempt risk assessment. The stacked ensemble model significantly outperformed other algorithms, achieving equal sensitivity and a specificity of 90.1%, AUC of 96.4%, and AUCPR of 67.5%. All algorithms found recent self-harm to be the most important indicator of adolescent suicide attempt. Exploratory factor analysis suggested five additional risk domains, which we labeled internalizing problems, sleep disturbance, disordered eating, lack of optimism regarding future education and career, and victimization. The identified factors provided stronger support for The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide than for The Strain Theory of Suicide. An enhancement to The Interpersonal Theory based on the risk and protective factors identified by holistic item analysis is presented.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N