Childhood conduct problems and adolescent medical service use: serial mediating effects of peer victimization and internalizing problems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents with a history of conduct problems (CP) are at heightened risk of increased service utilization as they develop. While the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear, early CP have also been linked with peer victimization and internalizing problems. The goals of the current study were: (1) to examine peer victimization and internalizing problems as potential serial mediators explaining increased medical and psychiatric service use in adolescents with a history of childhood CP, and; (2) to explore whether the proposed mediation models vary by sex.

Methods

Participants (N = 744; 53% boys, Mage = 8.39 years) from an ongoing longitudinal study that began in 2008 in Québec, Canada were recruited and assessed for CP, service use, and other beh

SUBMITTER: Crescenzi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650198 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature