Out-of-home placement, sleep problems, and later mental health and crime: A prospective investigation.

ABSTRACT: Previous research suggests that out-of-home placement experiences increase the risk for mental health problems and criminal involvement. However, few studies have examined the mechanisms whereby out-of-home placement increases the risk for these outcomes. The present study examines whether sleep problems in part explain the relationship between childhood placement experiences and depression and anxiety and criminal arrests in adulthood. Data are from a prospective longitudinal study of 531 children with documented cases of childhood maltreatment (14% with no out-of-home placement, 68% placed solely for abuse and/or neglect, and 18% placed for maltreatment and delinquency) who were followed up into adulthood. Cases are from 1967 to 1971 from a metropolitan county in the Midwest. Sleep probl

SUBMITTER: Javakhishvili M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972545 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature