Table 5 displays the results of the multivariate analysis focusing on concurrent involvement in problem behaviors, and presenting logistic regression parameter estimates as odds ratios. Overall, the odds ratios increased as the frequency of concurrent engagement in problem behaviors increased during the same period of initiation. Interestingly, the odds ratios showed different patterns of associations between problem behaviors and suicidal behaviors according to when the former was initially experienced. Preteen initiators were at greater risk of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than were teen initiators given concurrent participation at identical frequencies in problem behavior(s). Indeed, preteen and teen initiators with two or more problem behaviors appeared much more likely to demonstrate suicidal behaviors than teen initiators reporting the same frequency of problem behaviors, but less likely than preteen initiators alone.
