Citation

Shanahan L, Copeland W, Jane Costello E, Angold A. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 2008; 49(1): 34-42.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01822.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background:  Most psychosocial risk factors appear to have general rather than specific patterns of association with common childhood and adolescence disorders. However, previous research has typically failed to 1) control for comorbidity among disorders, 2) include a wide range of risk factors, and 3) examine sex by developmental stage effects on risk factor–disorder associations. This study tests the specificity of putative psychosocial risk factors while addressing these criticisms.