ORs with 95% CIs and p for trend, representing associations between adolescent conduct and emotional problems and subsequent parental affection
| Model 1 | Model 2+covariates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | ||
| Conduct problems | |||||
| Parental affection age 4 | Mild | 1.01 (0.61 to 1.68) | 0.9 | 1.17 (0.68 to 2.02) | 0.6 |
| Severe | 0.69 (0.35 to 1.38) | 0.3 | 0.84 (0.40 to 1.76) | 0.6 | |
| Parental affection age 8 | Mild | 0.85 (0.58 to 1.28) | 0.5 | 0.88 (0.58 to 1.36) | 0.6 |
| Severe | 1.52 (0.74 to 3.15) | 0.3 | 1.53 (0.70 to 3.35) | 0.3 | |
| Emotional problems | |||||
| Parental affection age 4 | Mild | 1.08 (0.72 to 1.61) | 0.4 | 1.28 (0.83 to 1.96) | 0.3 |
| Severe | 0.88 (0.49;1.59) | 0.7 | 10.5 (0.56;1.98) | 0.9 | |
| Parental affection age 8 | Mild | 1.15 (0.82 to 1.60) | 0.4 | 1.28 (0.89 to 1.83) | 0.2 |
| Severe | 0.61 (0.39 to 0.96) | 0.03 | 0.69 (0.42 to 1.12) | 0.1 | |
ORs represent the likelihood of affection in study members who displayed mild and severe mental health problems in adolescence compared versus those with none.
Model 1: adolescent conduct and emotional problems mutually adjusted only; Model 2: additionally adjusted for covariates: parent and offspring sex, adolescent cognition, social class and educational attainment. Coefficients in bold are significant at the 5% level. The results of full models available online (table S3).