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SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2018

Conduct problems trajectories and psychosocial outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Leonardo Bevilacqua, Daniel Hale, Edward D Barker, Russell Viner

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Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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84 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026
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  12. Machine learning prediction of conduct problems in children using the longitudinal ABCD study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026
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  17. Childhood conduct problems, potential snares in adolescence, and problematic substance use in Brazil.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Leonardo BevilacquaUniversity College London GOS Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK. l.bevilacqua@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-8189
Daniel HaleSchool of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
Edward D BarkerDepartment of Psychology, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Russell VinerUniversity College London GOS Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that youth who follow the early onset persistent (EOP), adolescent-onset (AO) and childhood-limited (CL) trajectories of conduct problems show varying patterns of health, mental health, educational, and social outcomes in adulthood. However, there has been no systematic review and meta-analysis on outcomes associated with different conduct problems trajectories. We systematically reviewed the literature of longitudinal studies considering outcomes of three conduct problems trajectories: EOP, AO, and CL compared with individuals with low levels of conduct problems (low). We performed a series of meta-analyses comparing each trajectory to the low group for eight different outcomes in early adulthood or later. Thirteen studies met our inclusion criteria. Outcomes were mental health (depression), cannabis use, alcohol use, self-reported aggression, official records of antisocial behaviour, poor general health, poor education, and poor employment. Overall, EOP individuals showed significant higher risk of poor outcome followed by AO individuals, CL individuals, and finally participants in the low group. All conduct problems trajectories showed higher risk of poor psychosocial outcomes compared to the low group, but the magnitude of risk differed across trajectories, with a general trend for the EOP to perform significantly worse, followed by the AO and CL. Early intervention is recommended across domains to maximise likelihood of desistance from antisocial behaviour and improvement on several psychosocial outcomes.

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AdolescentAdultChildCommunity PsychiatryFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleProblem BehaviorConduct problemsLongitudinalMeta-analysisPsychosocial outcomesTrajectories

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PMID28983792

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