Trajectories of childhood social isolation in a nationally representative cohort: Associations with antecedents and early adulthood outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined early life antecedents of childhood social isolation, whether these factors accounted for poor outcomes of isolated children, and how these associations varied according to patterns of stability and change in childhood isolation.

Methods

Participants included 2232 children from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study. We conducted growth mixture modelling (GMM) on combined parent and teacher reports of children's social isolation when children were 5, 7, 10 and 12 years, and we assessed associations with age-5 antecedents and age-18 outcomes using regression analyses.

Results

We identified three linear developmental trajectories of increasing (4.75%), decreasing (5.25%) and low stable (90.00%) social isolation. Age-5 atte

SUBMITTER: Thompson KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242821 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature