| Literature DB >> 23658752 |
Jean-Baptiste Pingault1, Sylvana M Côté, Eric Lacourse, Cédric Galéra, Frank Vitaro, Richard E Tremblay.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research shows that children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder are at elevated risk of criminality. However, several issues still need to be addressed in order to verify whether hyperactivity in itself plays a role in the prediction of criminality. In particular, co-occurrence with other behaviors as well as the internal heterogeneity in ADHD symptoms (hyperactivity and inattention) should be taken into account. The aim of this study was to assess the unique and interactive contributions of hyperactivity to the development of criminality, whilst considering inattention, physical aggression and family adversity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPALEntities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23658752 PMCID: PMC3641049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062594
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Figure 1Survival Models: Contributions of Hyperactivity and Physical Aggression to the Development of Criminality in Males.
The bivariate contributions are based on Kaplan-Meier plots. The adjusted contributions were plotted from multivariate Cox models. The values for covariates were: 1 for sex (i.e. male); mean adversity level; second trajectory (High mother only) for hyperactivity and physical aggression; low trajectory for inattention.
Survival Models Predicting the Age at First Infraction based on Official Court Records.
| Court records (%) | Court records (Cox models) | |||
| uHR | aHR | 95% CI | ||
| Inattention trajectories | ||||
| Low (57.6%) | 9.8 | - | - | - |
| High (42.4%) | 21.2 | 2.24*** | 1.08 | 0.85–1.38 |
| Hyperactivity trajectories | ||||
| Low (41.8%) | 7.2 | - | - | - |
| High mother only (25.9%) | 13.5 | 1.93*** | 1.39* | 1.01–1.90 |
| Descending (18.1%) | 23.0 | 3.39*** | 1.53* | 1.09–2.16 |
| High mother/teacher (14.2%) | 28.0 | 4.33*** | 1.38† | 0.94–2.02 |
| Physical aggression | ||||
| Low (55.5%) | 6.9 | - | - | - |
| High mother only (21.9%) | 15.2 | 2.28*** | 1.59** | 1.18–2.15 |
| Descending (13.1%) | 25.6 | 4.00*** | 2.16*** | 1.54–3.03 |
| High mother/teacher (9.5%) | 43.4 | 7.72*** | 3.44*** | 2.43–4.87 |
| Sex | - | - | - | |
| Females (49.0%) | 5.4 | |||
| Males (51.0%) | 23.5 | 4.64*** | 3.05*** | 2.31–4.01 |
| Family adversity | ||||
| Low (89.9%) | 13.4 | - | - | - |
| High (10.1%) | 25.3 | 3.55*** | 2.40*** | 1.65–3.50 |
Note. The table presents the results of a Cox model (with robust variance) predicting the age at the first infraction documented in the court records. The first column shows the percentages of participants in each trajectory (e.g. 9.5% of the participants were classified in the High mother/teacher trajectory of physical aggression). The second column reports the percentage of events, i.e. whether one crime was recorded or not, irrespective of the age at which it was committed (e.g. of the 9.5% participants in the High mother/teacher trajectory of physical aggression, 43.4% had a criminal record by age 25 years). The last columns present unadjusted Hazard Ratios (uHR) as well as adjusted Hazard Ratios (aHR) based on the multivariate survival models. Low trajectories and Females are the contrast. Regarding adversity, we used the continuous variable in the analyses but, in order to better understand the data, we present in the second column the percentage of crimes in the highest decile (25.3%). ***p<.001; **p<.01; *p<.05; †p<.10.