TY - JOUR
T1 - Income gradients within child and adolescent antisocial behaviour
AU - Piotrowska, Patrycja J.
AU - Stride, Christopher B.
AU - Maughan, Barbara
AU - Goodman, Robert
AU - McCaw, Liz
AU - Rowe, Richard
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Background Low income is a widely studied risk factor for child and adolescent behavioural difficulties. Previous research on this relationship has produced mixed findings. Aims To investigate the level, shape and homogeneity of income gradients in different types of antisocial behaviour. Method A representative sample of 7977 British children and adolescents, aged 5-16 years, was analysed. Hypotheses concerning the shapes and homogeneity of the relationships between family socioeconomic status and multiple antisocial behaviour outcomes, including clinical diagnoses of oppositionaldefiant disorder, conduct disorder and symptom subscales, such as irritability and hurtfulness, were tested by structural equation models. Results Consistent income gradients were demonstrated across all antisocial behaviours studied. Disorder prevalence and mean symptom counts decreased across income quintiles in a nonlinear fashion. Conclusions Our findings emphasise that income gradients are similar across different forms of antisocial behaviour and indicate that income may lead to greater behavioural differences in the midincome range and less variation at lowand highincome extremes.
AB - Background Low income is a widely studied risk factor for child and adolescent behavioural difficulties. Previous research on this relationship has produced mixed findings. Aims To investigate the level, shape and homogeneity of income gradients in different types of antisocial behaviour. Method A representative sample of 7977 British children and adolescents, aged 5-16 years, was analysed. Hypotheses concerning the shapes and homogeneity of the relationships between family socioeconomic status and multiple antisocial behaviour outcomes, including clinical diagnoses of oppositionaldefiant disorder, conduct disorder and symptom subscales, such as irritability and hurtfulness, were tested by structural equation models. Results Consistent income gradients were demonstrated across all antisocial behaviours studied. Disorder prevalence and mean symptom counts decreased across income quintiles in a nonlinear fashion. Conclusions Our findings emphasise that income gradients are similar across different forms of antisocial behaviour and indicate that income may lead to greater behavioural differences in the midincome range and less variation at lowand highincome extremes.
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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.143636
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.143636
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946761232
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 207
SP - 385
EP - 391
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -