Childhood attention problems and socioeconomic status in adulthood: 18-year follow-up.

Cédric Galéra; Manuel-Pierre Bouvard; Emmanuel Lagarde; Grégory Michel; Evelyne Touchette; Eric Fombonne; Maria Melchior

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Childhood attention problems and socioeconomic status in adulthood: 18-year follow-up.
Galéra C., Bouvard M.-P., Lagarde E., Michel G., Touchette E., Fombonne E., Melchior M.
British Journal of Psychiatry 201 (2012) 20-5 - http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00720682

PMID: identifier of
Pubmed reference:

(22626635)

title:

Childhood attention problems and socioeconomic status in adulthood: 18-year follow-up.

author(s):

Cédric Galéra^{1, 2}, Manuel-Pierre Bouvard¹, Emmanuel Lagarde², Grégory Michel³, Evelyne Touchette^{3, 4}, Eric Fombonne⁵, Maria Melchior (

) ³

laboratory:

1:	Service de pédopsychiatrie

Hôpital Charles Perrens – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II

Bordeaux

France

2:	Epidémiologie et Biostatistique

INSERM : U897 – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II – Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)

146, rue Léo-Saignat 33076 Bordeaux

France

3:	CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations

INSERM : U1018 – Université Paris XI - Paris Sud – Hôpital Paul Brousse – Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

16 avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France

France

4:	Department of Child Psychiatry

McGill University – Montreal Children's Hospital

2300 rue Tupper, Montreal, H3H 1P3

Canada

5:	Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment

Department of Psychology – Laval University

2325, rue de l'Université, Québec G1V 0A6

Canada

short title :

Attention problems and socioeconomic status

abstract:

BACKGROUND: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with socioeconomic difficulties later in life. Little research in this area has been based on longitudinal and community studies. AIMS: To examine the relationship between childhood attention problems and socioeconomic status 18 years later. METHOD: Using a French community sample of 1103 youths followed from 1991 to 2009, we tested associations between childhood attention problems and socioeconomic status between ages 22 and 35 years, adjusting for potential childhood and family confounders. RESULTS: Individuals with high levels of childhood attention problems were three times more likely to experience subsequent socioeconomic disadvantage than those with low levels of attention problems (odds ratio 3.44, 95% CI 1.72-6.92). This association remained statistically significant even after adjusting for childhood externalising problems, low family income, parental divorce and parental alcohol problems. CONCLUSIONS: This longitudinal community-based study shows an association between childhood attention problems and socioeconomic disadvantage in adulthood. Taking into account ADHD and associated difficulties could help reduce the long-term socioeconomic burden of the disorder.

subject:

Life Sciences/Health Care Sciences and Epidemiology

fulltext language:

English

ISSN:

1472-1465

publication format:

Article in peer-reviewed journal

DOI:

10.1192/bjp.bp.111.102491

journal:

British Journal of Psychiatry (Br J Psychiatry)
Publisher	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN	0007-1250

Audience:

international

publication date:

2012-07

submission date:

2012-05-24

volume:

201

page, identifiant, ...:

20-5

keyword(s) of author:

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – Socio-economic status – Epidemiology – Longitudinal


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