SynthesisSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2013
Epidemiology of childhood conduct problems in Brazil: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Umbrella Review of the Global Prevalence of Conduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2024Pooled it
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- Home, school, and community violence exposure and emotional and conduct problems among low-income adolescents: the moderating role of age and sex.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- Prevalence, comorbidities, and sociodemographic predictors of conduct disorder: the national epidemiology of Iranian children and adolescents psychiatric disorders (IRCAP).European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2020Article
- Childhood Behavioural Problems and Adverse Outcomes in Early Adulthood: a Comparison of Brazilian and British Birth Cohorts.Journal of developmental and life-course criminology · 2019Article
- Violence and child mental health in Brazil: The Itaboraí Youth Study methods and findings.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2018Article
- How mothers in poverty explain their use of corporal punishment: A qualitative study in Kampala, Uganda.The European journal of development research · 2017Article
- Gestational age at birth and behavioral problems from four to 11 years of age: birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2017Article
- Interrelationships and Continuities in Symptoms of Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders from Age 4 to 10 in the Community.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2017Article
- COMT and prenatal maternal smoking in associations with conduct problems and crime: the Pelotas 1993 birth cohort study.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Perinatal and sociodemographic factors at birth predicting conduct problems and violence to age 18 years: comparison of Brazilian and British birth cohorts.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2015Article
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purposeThis study aimed to review evidence on the prevalence of and risk factors for conduct problems in Brazil.
methodsWe searched electronic databases and contacted Brazilian researchers up to 05/2012. Studies were included in the review if they reported the prevalence of or risk factors for conduct problems, conduct disorder, or oppositional defiant disorder for 100 + Brazilian children aged ≤18 years, systematically sampled in schools or the community. Prevalence rates and sex differences were meta-analysed. Risk factor studies were reviewed one by one.
resultsThe average prevalence of conduct problems in screening questionnaires was 20.8%, and the average prevalence of conduct disorder/oppositional defiant disorder was 4.1%. There was systematic variation in the results of screening studies according to methodology: recruitment location, informants, instruments, impairment criterion for case definition, and response rates. Risk factors previously identified in high-income countries were mainly replicated in Brazil, including comorbid mental health problems, educational failure, low religiosity, harsh physical punishment and abuse, parental mental health problems, single parent family, and low socioeconomic status. However, boys did not always have higher risk for conduct problems than girls.
conclusionsStudies using screening questionnaires suggest that Brazilian children have higher rates of conduct problems than children in other countries, but diagnostic studies do not show this difference. Risk factors in Brazil were similar to those in high-income countries, apart from child sex. Future research should investigate developmental patterns of antisocial behaviour, employ a variety of research designs to identify causal risk mechanisms, and examine a broader range of risk factors.
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