Mechanisms underlying social gradients in child and adolescent antisocial behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A number of studies demonstrate a social gradient in behavioural problems, with children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds experiencing more behavioural difficulties than those from high-socioeconomic families. Antisocial behaviour is a heterogeneous concept which includes diverse behaviours such as physical fighting, vandalism, lying, disobedience and irritability. It remains unclear whether the mechanisms underlying social inequalities are similar across these different subtypes of antisocial behaviour. This study aimed to simultaneously test a range of individual, family and neighbourhood factors as mediators of the relationship between income and subtypes of antisocial behaviour.

Method

Data on a UK representative sample of 7977 children and adolescents, aged

SUBMITTER: Piotrowska PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6369246 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature