Adolescent affective symptoms and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the relationship between adolescent affective problems (anxiety and depression) and mortality.AimsTo examine whether adolescent affective symptoms are associated with premature mortality, and to assess whether this relationship is independent of other developmental factors.

Method

Data (n = 3884) was from Britain's oldest birth cohort study - the National Survey of Health and Development. Adolescent affective symptoms were rated by teachers at ages 13 and 15 years: scores were summed and classified into three categories: mild or no, moderate and severe symptoms (1st-50th, 51st-90th and 91st-100th percentiles, respectively). Mortality data were obtained from national registry data up to age 68 years. Potential confounders were parental social

SUBMITTER: Archer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature