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. 2022 Mar 1;16:18. doi: 10.1186/s13034-022-00449-y

Table 3.

Adolescent ACEs predicting total behavioural difficulties on strength and difficulties questionnaire

Predictors SDQ total behavioural difficulties ~ adolescent ACEs
Estimates Std. Beta Standardized CI CI t value p
Intercept 2.15 0.94 0.93 to 0.94 2.12 to 2.19 121.56  < 0.001
Physical abuse (11–16 years) − 0.02 − 0.01 − 0.02 to 0.00 − 0.44 to 0.39 − 0.11 0.912
Emotional abuse (11–16 years) 0.30 0.13 0.12 to 0.14 0.06 to 0.55 2.56 0.016
Emotional neglect (11–16 years) 0.17 0.07 0.07 to 0.08 0.08 to 0.26 3.96  < 0.001
Bullying (11–16 years) 0.20 0.09 0.08 to 0.09 0.12 to 0.29 4.78  < 0.001
Violence between parents (11–16 years) 0.05 0.02 0.01 to 0.03 − 0.22 to 0.32 0.37 0.711
Household substance abuse (11–16 years) 0.11 0.05 0.04 to 0.06 − 0.22 to 0.44 0.69 0.497
Parental mental health problems (11–16 years) 0.18 0.08 0.07 to 0.09 − 0.01 to 0.37 1.92 0.066
Parent convicted of offence (11–16 years) 0.03 0.01 − 0.00 to 0.02 − 0.20 to 0.26 0.27 0.789
Parental separation (11–16 years) 0.09 0.04 0.03 to 0.04 − 0.04 to 0.23 1.44 0.162
Financial difficulties (11–16 years) 0.31 0.13 0.12 to 0.14 0.06 to 0.55 2.57 0.016
Neighbourhood dissatisfaction (11–16 years) 0.23 0.10 0.09 to 0.10 0.11 to 0.35 3.85 0.001
No social support—child (11–16 years) 0.27 0.12 0.11 to 0.13 0.12 to 0.42 3.76 0.001
No social support—parent (11–16 years) 0.15 0.07 0.06 to 0.07 − 0.03 to 0.32 1.68 0.103
Violence between child and partner (11–16 years) 0.20 0.09 0.08 to 0.09 0.10 to 0.30 4.00  < 0.001
No parent child bond (11–16 years) 0.31 0.13 0.13 to 0.14 0.17 to 0.46 4.48  < 0.001

Adjusted R2 = 0.091 (0.066—0.119)