Women with antisocial behaviour: Long-term health disability and help-seeking for emotional problems.

摘要: Background Previous studies have reported that women who display antisocial behaviour (ASB) as adults or adolescents are at increased risk of poor mental and physical health, but not tested effects sociodemographics, used only incarcerated samples. Aims The authors sought first to test associations between ASB emotional health problems in non-incarcerated women, second whether any such association could be explained by sociodemographic factors. Method The sample was 1218 mothers, aged 22–59, boys randomly selected from grades 1, 4 7 (aged about 7, 10 13 respectively) US urban public schools 1987 1988. The 30% designated most on initial examin-ation a random the remainder entered longitudinal study. Demographics for data their lifetime ASB, help-seeking and/or were collected interview with them. A history adolescent conduct police contacts led classification this study. Results A total 214 (17.6 %) mothers met our criteria ASB. Compared without history, younger, less well educated, lower socioeconomic status, had higher rate unemployment more them single mothers. They often help rates long-term problems, even when factors taken into account. Conclusions Although findings rule out many simple explanations work is needed nature extent disorder, temporal relationships key events: Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.