Table 4.
Association between potential protective factors and any psychiatric disorder at age 18 among adolescents exposed to (i) personal severe physical violence only and (ii) both personal severe physical violence and high neighbourhood disorder
| Potential protective factors | Personal severe physical violence only | Both personal severe physical violence and high neighbourhood disorder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted ORa | 95% CI | p | Adjusted ORa | 95% CI | p | |
| Maternal warmth during childhood | ||||||
| Low | [Reference] | [Reference] | ||||
| High | 0.65 | 0.31–1.35 | 0.248 | 0.79 | 0.39–1.61 | 0.522 |
| Sibling warmth during childhood | 0.97 | 0.88–1.07 | 0.571 | 0.97 | 0.86–1.09 | 0.578 |
| Perceived social support at age 18 | 0.91 | 0.85–0.98 | 0.017* | 0.95 | 0.87–1.03 | 0.211 |
| Family support subscale at age 18 | 0.76 | 0.62–0.94 | 0.010* | 0.82 | 0.70–0.98 | 0.026 |
| Friend support subscale at age 18 | 0.80 | 0.68–0.94 | 0.005* | 0.97 | 0.83–1.14 | 0.749 |
| IQ at age 12 | 0.99 | 0.96–1.01 | 0.172 | 1.01 | 0.98–1.03 | 0.668 |
| Family SES at age 5 | ||||||
| Low | [Reference] | [Reference] | ||||
| Mid | 2.21 | 0.97–5.04 | 0.059 | 0.90 | 0.43–1.90 | 0.785 |
| High | 0.86 | 0.39–1.90 | 0.709 | 1.12 | 0.37–3.40 | 0.846 |
CI, confidence interval; IQ, intelligence quotient; OR, odds ratio; SES, socio-economic status
aAdjusted simultaneously for biological sex, family history of psychopathology, and childhood emotional and behavioural problems (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, symptoms of depression and anxiety, self-harm and suicide attempts, and psychotic symptoms).
*p values marked by an asterisk remained significant after correction for the false discovery rate (FDR) using the Benjamini–Hochberg procedure. All models account for the non-independence of twin observations