Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Addressing the problem of suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) in adolescents requires understanding the associated risk factors. While previous research has identified individual risk and protective factors associated with many adolescent social morbidities, modern...

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Autores principales:	Orion Weller, Luke Sagers, Carl Hanson, Michael Barnes, Quinn Snell, E Shannon Tass
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ff45aaf195204298bbed57f49f7f35132021-12-02T20:04:30ZPredicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258535https://doaj.org/article/ff45aaf195204298bbed57f49f7f35132021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258535https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Introduction</h4>Addressing the problem of suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) in adolescents requires understanding the associated risk factors. While previous research has identified individual risk and protective factors associated with many adolescent social morbidities, modern machine learning approaches can help identify risk and protective factors that interact (group) to provide predictive power for STB. This study aims to develop a prediction algorithm for STB among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework and social determinants of health.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample population consisted of more than 179,000 high school students living in Utah and participating in the Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey from 2011-2017. The dataset includes responses to 300+ questions from the CTC and 8000+ demographic factors from the American Census Survey for a total of 1.2 billion values. Machine learning techniques were employed to extract the survey questions that were best able to predict answers indicative of STB, using recent work in interpretable machine learning.<h4>Results</h4>Analysis showed strong predictive power, with the ability to predict individuals with STB with 91% accuracy. After extracting the top ten questions that most affected model predictions, questions fell into four main categories: familial life, drug consumption, demographics, and peer acceptance at school.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Modern machine learning approaches provide new methods for understanding the interaction between root causes and outcomes, such as STB. The model developed in this study showed significant improvement in predictive accuracy compared to previous research. Results indicate that certain risk and protective factors, such as adolescents being threatened or harassed through digital media or bullied at school, and exposure or involvement in serious arguments and yelling at home are the leading predictors of STB and can help narrow and reaffirm priority prevention programming and areas of focused policymaking.Orion WellerLuke SagersCarl HansonMichael BarnesQuinn SnellE Shannon TassPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0258535 (2021)
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description	<h4>Introduction</h4>Addressing the problem of suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) in adolescents requires understanding the associated risk factors. While previous research has identified individual risk and protective factors associated with many adolescent social morbidities, modern machine learning approaches can help identify risk and protective factors that interact (group) to provide predictive power for STB. This study aims to develop a prediction algorithm for STB among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework and social determinants of health.<h4>Methods</h4>The sample population consisted of more than 179,000 high school students living in Utah and participating in the Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey from 2011-2017. The dataset includes responses to 300+ questions from the CTC and 8000+ demographic factors from the American Census Survey for a total of 1.2 billion values. Machine learning techniques were employed to extract the survey questions that were best able to predict answers indicative of STB, using recent work in interpretable machine learning.<h4>Results</h4>Analysis showed strong predictive power, with the ability to predict individuals with STB with 91% accuracy. After extracting the top ten questions that most affected model predictions, questions fell into four main categories: familial life, drug consumption, demographics, and peer acceptance at school.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Modern machine learning approaches provide new methods for understanding the interaction between root causes and outcomes, such as STB. The model developed in this study showed significant improvement in predictive accuracy compared to previous research. Results indicate that certain risk and protective factors, such as adolescents being threatened or harassed through digital media or bullied at school, and exposure or involvement in serious arguments and yelling at home are the leading predictors of STB and can help narrow and reaffirm priority prevention programming and areas of focused policymaking.
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title	Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.
title_short	Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.
title_full	Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.
title_fullStr	Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.
title_full_unstemmed	Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.
title_sort	predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: a large-scale machine learning approach.
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Predicting suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents using the risk and protective factor framework: A large-scale machine learning approach.

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