Preventing at-risk children from developing antisocial and criminal behaviour: a longitudinal study examining the role of parenting, community and societal factors in middle childhood

Table 4 Scale predictor variables and antisocial and criminal behaviour (ASB) age 16–21

Predictor variable	Child age	No ASB			ASB			Unpaired t test
Predictor variable	Child age	Mean score	SD	n	Mean score	SD	n	Mean difference	p	95% CI
Depression (EPDS)	6	5.7	3.9	781	6.5	4.2	296	0.8	0.004	0.26, 1.32
Depression (EPDS)	10	5.3	4.1	787	6.1	4.5	297	0.8	0.007	0.22, 1.35
Social support	6	16.8	4.6	774	16	4.8	294	0.78	0.015	0.15, 1.40
Social network	6	22.2	4.3	777	21.5	4.7	295	0.69	0.023	0.10, 1.28

EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; higher score = more depressive symptoms