Parental separation, negative life events and mental health problems in adolescence

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Associations between parental separation and negative life events with mental health symptom scores

	Model 1	Model 2 (+ NLE)	Model 3 (+ PEW)	Model 4 (+ Education)	Model 1	Model 2 (+ NLE)	Model 3 (+ PEW)	Model 4 (+ Education)
	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)	SMD (95% CI)
	ADHD symptoms				Conduct problems symptoms
Separated	0.17(0.13, 0.22)**	0.11 (0.06, 0.16)**	0.08 (0.03, 0.12)**	0.06 (0.01, 0.11)*	0.16 (0.12, 0.21)**	0.11 (0.07, 0.16)**	0.11 (0.07, 0.16)**	0.11 (0.06, 0.16)**
NLE		0.25 (0.22, 0.27)**	0.24 (0.21, 0.26)**	0.24 (0.21, 0.26)**		0.19 (0.17, 0.22)**	0.19 (0.17, 0.22)**	0.19 (0.16, 0.21)**
Adj. R²	0.035	0.081	0.087	0.089	0.014	0.043	0.045	0.046
	Depression symptoms				Anxiety symptoms
Separated	0.20 (0.15, 0.24)**	0.12 (0.07, 0.16)**	0.08 (0.03, 0.12)**	0.06 (0.02, 0.11)**	0.15 (0.10, 0.19)**	0.11 (0.06, 0.15)**	0.07 (0.03, 0.12)**	0.06 (0.01, 0.10)*
NLE		0.30 (0.28, 0.32)**	0.29 (0.27, 0.31)**	0.29 (0.26, 0.31)**		0.16 (0.13, 0.18**	0.15 (0.13, 0.17)**	0.14 (0.12, 0.17)**
Adj. R²	0.094	0.164	0.174	0.176	0.108	0.132	0.132	0.132

Note. Model 1: Adjusted by gender. Model 2: Model 1 + negative life events (NLE). Model 3; Model 2 + Perceived economic well-being (PEW). Model 4; Model 3 + parental education. SMD = Standardized mean difference. Separated; reference category “non-separated”. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01

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