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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2010 Jul 16;45(3):295–301. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.06.014

Table 4.

Psychiatric disorders as predictors of failure to graduate high school on time

Model 11 Model 22 Model 33
OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
Internalizing Psychiatric Disorders
Depression/Dysthymia 1.30 (1.06,1.60) 1.08 (0.86,1.36) 0.98 (0.78,1.24)
Mania 2.14 (1.39,3.28) 1.72 (1.02,2.91) 1.38 (0.81,2.35)
Panic 1.92 (1.28,2.87) 1.68 (1.09,2.60) 1.51 (0.96,2.37)
Social phobia 1.40 (1.16,1.68) 1.21 (1.00,1.47) 1.11 (0.89,1.37)
Specific phobia 1.24 (1.06,1.44) 1.15 (0.98,1.34) 1.05 (0.89,1.24)
PTSD 1.56 (1.38,1.78) 1.22 (1.06,1.41) 1.11 (0.95,1.28)
GAD 1.35 (0.90,2.03) 1.10 (0.73,1.66) 0.78 (0.51,1.23)
Externalizing Psychiatric Disorders
Conduct disorder 2.67 (2.27,3.15) 2.06 (1.71,2.47) 1.89 (1.57,2.26)
ADHD Inattentive Type 2.17 (1.78,2.65) 1.75 (1.42,2.16) 1.78 (1.44,2.20)
ADHD Hyperactive Type 1.53 (1.28,1.84) 1.36 (1.13,1.64 1.38 (1.14,1.67)
ADHD Combined Type 2.69 (2.18,3.31) 2.12 (1.70,2.65) 2.06 (1.66,2.56)
1

Model 1 is estimated with one disorder at a time with control for sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, race-ethnicity, nativity, and region).

2

Model 2 is estimated with one disorder at a time with control for sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, race-ethnicity, nativity, and region) and childhood adversities (financial hardship, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, parental mental disorder, parental domestic violence, family disruption).

3

Model 3 is estimated with all 11 disorders entered as predictors and control for sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, race-ethnicity, nativity, and region) and childhood adversities (financial hardship, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, parental mental disorder, parental domestic violence, family disruption).