Table 5.
Associations between any maltreatment and socio-emotional functioning, stratified by history of parental schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD)
| Poor social competency | Poor prosocial/helping behaviour | Anxious/fearful behaviour | Aggressive behaviour | Hyperactivity/inattention | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | N | OR (95% CI) | n | |
| Parental SSD history | ||||||||||
| 39 | 28 | 53 | 56 | 75 | ||||||
| U | 1.6 (1.0–2.4) | 1.2 (0.8–2.0) | 1.5 (1.0–2.2) | 2.4 (1.6–3.5) | 2.3 (1.6–3.3) | |||||
| A | 1.7 (1.1–2.6) | 1.3 (0.8–2.1) | 1.5 (1.1–2.3) | 2.5 (1.7–3.6) | 2.4 (1.7–3.5) | |||||
| No parental SSD history | ||||||||||
| 285 | 217 | 327 | 387 | 423 | ||||||
| U | 3.5 (3.1–4.0) | 1.8 (1.6–2.1) | 1.9 (1.7–2.2) | 3.3 (2.9–3.7) | 2.8 (2.5–3.1) | |||||
| A | 3.3 (2.9–3.8) | 1.8 (1.5–2.1) | 1.9 (1.7–2.1) | 3.2 (2.9–3.6) | 2.8 (2.5–3.2) | |||||
Note: The reference group for each analysis is children experiencing no maltreatment; n = number of developmentally vulnerable children with maltreatment exposure; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence intervals; U, unadjusted; A , adjusted for age, sex and socio-economic status.