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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2009 Jan 12;44(5):398–406. doi: 10.1007/s00127-008-0446-6

Table 3. Gender specific aggressive-disruptive behavioral trajectory classes and the cumulative incidence and association with traumatic event experiences by young adulthood.

n (%) Exposed to any traumatic event Exposed to assaultive violence Posttraumatic stress disorder
Behavioral trajectory class and prevalence (95% confidence interval) of experiences
Males
 CHAD, chronic high aggressive-disruptive 76 (19%) 94.4 (88.4–100) 75.6 (61.7–89.4) 1.6 (0–4.6)
 IAD, Increasing aggressive-disruptive 190 (47%) 86.5 (81.0–91.9) 83.6 (76.1–91.2) 11.5 (5.9–17.1)
 SLAD, stable low aggressive-disruptive 136 (34%) 86.8 (80.1–93.4) 52.9 (41.4–64.4) 6.1 (0.8–11.5)
Females
 CHAD, chronic high aggressive-disruptive 40 (9%) 84.6 (73.2–96.1) 43.7 (18.1–69.4) 0
 LAD, low-moderate aggressive-disruptive 243 (56%) 78.8 (72.8–84.9) 40.5 (32.2–48.9) 13.7 (7.5–20.0)
 SLAD, stable low aggressive-disruptive 152 (35%) 74.7 (66.7–82.8) 41.0 (32.5–49.5) 8.2 (3.1–13.4)

Among males only Among females only


OR 95% CI P-value aOR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value aOR 95% CI P-value

Behavioral trajectory class and associations with experiencesa
Exposure: any traumatic event
 CHAD vs. SLAD 2.3 (0.8–6.6) 0.10 2.6 (0.8–8.4) 0.11 2.1 (0.8–5.5) 0.29 1.9 (0.7–5.1) 0.22
 IAD(M)/LAD(F) vs. SLAD 1.2 (0.5–2.6) 0.67 1.0 (0.4–2.2) 0.99 1.2 (0.7–2.1) 0.42 1.3 (0.7–2.2) 0.49
 CHAD vs. IAD(M)/LAD(F) 2.0 (0.6–6.4) 0.26 2.6 (0.7–9.7) 0.16 1.7 (0.6–4.7) 0.12 1.5 (0.5–4.2) 0.45
Type of exposure: assaultive violence
 CHAD vs. SLAD 2.9 (1.4–6.2) 0.01 2.8 (1.2–6.1) 0.01 1.8 (0.7–4.7) 0.24 1.1 (0.4–3.4) 0.89
 IAD(M)/LAD(F) vs. SLAD 3.9 (2.1–7.1) <0.001 4.5 (2.2–9.2) <0.001 1.3 (0.8–1.9) 0.27 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 0.94
 CHAD vs. IAD(M)/LAD(F) 0.7 (0.3–1.7) 0.46 0.6 (0.2–1.9) 0.42 1.4 (0.5–4.0) 0.52 1.1 (0.4–3.6) 0.87
Posttraumatic stress disorder
 CHAD vs. SLAD 0.3 (0.1–1.6) 0.14 0.2 (0.1–1.6) 0.15 0.8 (0.1–10.2) 0.90
 IAD(M)/LAD(F) vs. SLAD 1.9 (0.7–5.2) 0.18 2.0 (0.6–6.6) 0.29 1.9 (0.8–4.4) 0.11 1.8 (0.7–4.4) 0.22
 CHAD vs. IAD(M)/LAD(F) 0.1 (0.1–1.0) 0.05 0.1 (0.1–1.1) 0.07 0.4 (0.1–5.8) 0.53
a

OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, aOR adjusted odds ratio, covariates of subsidized lunch, race, reading achievement, attention-concentration problems, and peer rejection