Association of Parental Incarceration With Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes of Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2016, an estimated 8% of US children younger than 18 years had experienced the incarceration of a parent, and rates were substantially higher among children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds and disadvantaged groups. Little is known about whether parental incarceration during childhood is associated with adult psychiatric problems and functional outcomes.

Objective

To examine whether parental incarceration is associated with increased levels of psychiatric diagnosis and poor outcomes in health, legal, financial, and social domains in adulthood.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the community-representative, prospective, longitudinal Great Smoky Mountains Study. Children and their parents were interviewed up to 8

SUBMITTER: Gifford EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714027 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature