Adolescent conduct problems and premature mortality: follow-up to age 65 years in a national birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe youth antisocial behaviour has been associated with increased risk of premature mortality in high-risk samples for many years, and some evidence now points to similar effects in representative samples. We set out to assess the prospective association between adolescent conduct problems and premature mortality in a population-based sample of men and women followed to the age of 65 years.

Method

A total of 4158 members of the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (the British 1946 birth cohort) were assessed for conduct problems at the ages of 13 and 15 years. Follow-up to the age of 65 years via the UK National Health Service Central Register provided data on date and cause of death.

Results

Dimensional measures of teacher

SUBMITTER: Maughan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3948505 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature