Winsper, C;
Wolke, D;
Bryson, A;
Thompson, A;
Singh, SP;
(2016)
School mobility during childhood predicts psychotic symptoms in late adolescence.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
, 57
(8)
pp. 957-966.
10.1111/jcpp.12572.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recently, school mobility was identified as a risk factor for psychotic symptoms in early adolescence. The extent to which this risk continues into late adolescence and the trajectories via which this risk manifests remain unexplored. METHODS: Psychotic symptoms in 4,720 adolescents aged 18 were ascertained by trained psychologists using the Psychosis-Like Symptoms Interview. Mothers reported on sociodemographic factors (i.e., family adversity, ethnicity and urbanicity) from pregnancy to 4 years; child's involvement in bullying at age 6-7 years; residential mobility at 11 years and school mobility at 11-12 years. Young people reported on their friendships at 8 years, and antisocial behaviour and cannabis use at 15 years. RESULTS: School mobility across childhood significantly predicted psychotic symptoms at 18 years (adjusted odds ratio = 2.15; 95% confidence intervals = 1.06, 4.40). Within path analysis, school mobility (β = .183, p = .035), involvement in bullying (β = .133, p = .013), antisocial behaviour (β = .052, p = .004), cannabis use (β = .254, p = .020) and female sex (β = .420, p < .001) significantly predicted psychotic symptoms. Residential mobility (β = .375, p < .001), involvement in bullying (β = .120, p = .022) and poor friendships (β = .038, p = .014) significantly predicted school mobility. Residential mobility indirectly increased the risk of psychotic symptoms via school mobility (β = .069, p = .041). CONCLUSIONS: Children who move schools often are more likely to have experienced peer problems. School mobility, in turn, appears to be a robust marker for psychotic symptoms in late adolescence. Clinicians and teachers should consider school mobility as an important risk indicator for both peer problems and psychopathology.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | School mobility during childhood predicts psychotic symptoms in late adolescence |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpp.12572 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12572 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [Winsper, C., Wolke, D., Bryson, A., Thompson, A. and Singh, S. P. (2016), School mobility during childhood predicts psychotic symptoms in late adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12572], which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12572. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
| Keywords: | ALSPAC, adolescence, bullying, psychotic symptoms, school mobility |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1492849 |
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