作者
Candice L Odgers, Avshalom Caspi, Jonathan M Broadbent, Nigel Dickson, Robert J Hancox, HonaLee Harrington, Richie Poulton, Malcolm R Sears, W Murray Thomson, Terrie E Moffitt
发表日期
2007/4/1
期刊
Archives of general psychiatry
卷号
64
期号
4
页码范围
476-484
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Context
A cardinal feature of theDSM-IVdiagnostic criteria for conduct disorder is the distinction between childhood- vs adolescent-onset subtypes. Whether such developmental subtypes exist in the population and have different prognoses should be rigorously tested to inform theDSM-V.
Objectives
To evaluate the epidemiological validity of childhood- vs adolescent-onset conduct problems in a prospective birth cohort, and to assess whether life-course-persistent conduct problems are associated with a greater adult health burden.
Design, Setting, and Participants
Our sample includes 526 male study members in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a 1-year birth cohort (April 1, 1972, through March 30, 1973). Developmental trajectories were defined using prospective ratings of conduct problems at 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, and 26 years of age.
Main Outcome Measures
Health burden was …
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