Table 1.
Associations Between Potential Protective Factors and Age-12 Psychotic Symptoms Among Children Exposed to Poly-victimization
| Poly-victimized Children (N = 140) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Factors | Psychotic Symptoms Absent n = 113 M (SD) |
Psychotic Symptoms Present n = 27 M (SD) |
Unadjusted (95% CI) | Adjusted ORa (95% CI) |
| IQ | 93.0 (13.3) | 86.4 (12.2) | 0.96 (0.93–0.99) | 0.96 (0.93–0.99) |
| Executive function | 96.8 (16.2) | 92.6 (15.5) | 0.98 (0.96–1.01) | 0.98 (0.96–1.01) |
| Temperament (approach) | 9.0 (3.4) | 8.6 (3.6) | 0.97 (0.86–1.10) | 0.95 (0.82–1.07) |
| Prosocial behavior | 26.1 (6.6) | 23.9 (6.5) | 0.95 (0.89–1.02) | 0.94 (0.88–1.02) |
| Maternal warmth | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.9 (1.1) | 0.97 (0.59–1.59) | 0.92 (0.54–1.53) |
| Sibling warmth | 8.9 (2.1) | 9.4 (1.8) | 1.15 (0.92–1.45) | 1.15 (0.91–1.44) |
| Atmosphere at home | 18.6 (7.3) | 15.5 (6.3) | 0.94 (0.89–0.99) | 0.93 (0.87–0.99) |
| Supportive adult | 22.7 (4.5) | 21.3 (5.7) | 0.94 (0.87–1.03) | 0.94 (0.86–1.02) |
| Social cohesion | 5.8 (3.3) | 4.5 (3.4) | 0.89 (0.77–1.01) | 0.88 (0.76–1.02) |
CI, confidence interval. IQ, intelligence quotient. M, mean. OR, odds ratio. SD, standard deviation.
aAdjusted for family socioeconomic status, family psychiatric history, and child’s gender. All analyses account for the nonindependence of twin observations.
Bold text indicates P < .05.