Understanding the relationship between family income and conduct problems: findings from the mental health of children and young people survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds exhibit more behavioural difficulties than those from more affluent families. Influential theoretical models specify family stress and child characteristics as mediating this effect. These accounts, however, have often been based on cross-sectional data or longitudinal analyses that do not capture all potential pathways, and therefore may not provide good policy guidance.

Methods

In a UK representative sample of 2399 children aged 5-15, we tested mediation of the effect of household income on parent and teacher reports of conduct problems (CP) via unhealthy family functioning, poor parental mental health, stressful life events, child physical health and reading ability. We applied cross-lagged longitudinal mediation mode

SUBMITTER: Piotrowska PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature