Table 3. Prospective Associations Between Social Support at 19 Years and Clinical Thresholds of Mental Health Problems at 20 Years (N = 1174), Imputed Valuesa.
Model | OR (95% CI) | |||
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Depressive symptoms | Anxiety symptoms | |||
Moderate | Severe | Moderate | Severe | |
Social support adjusted for sex | 0.61 (0.53-0.70) | 0.47 (0.39-0.58) | 0.74 (0.62-0.88) | 0.68 (0.56-0.83) |
Social support adjusted for all other confoundersb | 0.67 (0.58-0.78) | 0.53 (0.42-0.66) | 0.84 (0.69-1.02) | 0.78 (0.62-0.98) |
Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.
Data were compiled from the final master file of the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (1998–2018), Québec Government, Québec Statistic Institute.
The fully adjusted model is additionally adjusted for mental health problems during adolescence (ages 15-17 years), including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, attention deficit/hyperactivity-impulsivity, oppositional defiant and conduct symptoms as well as family characteristics in adolescence, including socioeconomic status, family functioning, and family structure (at age 17 years). Reference category: no or minimal symptoms for depressive and anxiety symptoms.