Adult psychosocial outcomes of men and women who were looked-after or adopted as children: prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether men and women who were looked-after (in public care) or adopted as children are at increased risk of adverse psychological and social outcomes in adulthood.

Design, setting

Prospective observational study using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which recruited pregnant women and their male partners in and around Bristol, UK in the early 1990s.

Participants

8775 women and 3654 men who completed questionnaires at recruitment (mean age: women 29; men 32) and 5 years later.

Exposure

Childhood public care status: looked-after; adopted; not looked-after or adopted (reference group).

Outcomes

Substance use (alcohol, cannabis, tobacco) prepregnancy and 5 years later; if ever had addiction; anxiety and depressio

SUBMITTER: Teyhan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829744 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature