RT Journal Article
T1 Sibship size, birth order, family structure and childhood mental disorders
A1 Carballo Belloso, Juan José
A1 García Nieto, Rebeca
A1 Caro Cañizares, Irene
A1 López Castromán, Jorge
A1 Muñoz Lorenzo, Laura
A1 León Martínez, Victoria de
A1 Baca García, Enrique
AB Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the role that birth order, sibship size and family structure have as risk factors in the development of common childhood mental disorders.Method: A case-control study design was conducted (N = 16,823). The group under study consisted of all those subjects who had consulted with a psychiatrist/psychologist and had received a clinical diagnosis at public mental health centres within the Region of Madrid (Spain), between 1980 and 2008. A multiple logistic regression was used to explore the independent association with each diagnosis: emotional disorders (ED) with onset specific to childhood, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), mental retardation (MR), and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD).Results: Birth order and family structure significantly predicted the risk of being diagnosed with ED or ADHD. In addition, sibship size and sex predicted the risk of being diagnosed with a childhood mental disorder.Conclusions: We concluded that being the middle child and living with both biological parents appear to be protective factors against the development of ED or ADHD. Living in large families appears to increase the risk of receiving a CD, MR, or PDD diagnosis. Further research is warranted.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0933-7954
YR 2013
FD 2013-02-14
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128820
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128820
LA eng
NO Carballo JJ, García-Nieto R, Alvarez-García R, Caro-Cañizares I, López-Castromán J, Muñoz-Lorenzo L, de Leon-Martinez V, Baca-García E. Sibship size, birth order, family structure and childhood mental disorders. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Aug;48(8):1327-33. doi: 10.1007/s00127-013-0661-7. Epub 2013 Feb 14. PMID: 23407902.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 dic 2025