Child Protection Service interference in childhood and the relation with mental health problems and delinquency in young adulthood: a latent class analysis study

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics in percentages (N = 390)

Socio-demographic characteristics
Mean age	21.7 years old
Born in The Netherlands
Yes	76.6
Dutch ethnicity
Yes	12.6
Educational level
Primary	36.5
Junior secondary	44.7
Senior secondary	17.5
Other	1.3
Family characteristics
Family problems in youth
Yes	63.2
Police contact of family members in youth
Yes	19.0
Service use
Service use
Yes	83.3
Frequency of service use
None	16.2
Once	28.0
2 or 3	36.5
4 or more	19.3

	Prevalence serious dysfunctioning (%)^a
Psychological functioning previous 6 months (ASR)
Total problems	29.8
Anxious/depressed	30.8
Withdrawn	51.2
Somatic complaints	29.3
Intrusive	7.7
Rule-breaking behaviour	44.7
Aggressive behaviour	28.0
Attention problems	30.6
Thought problems	34.2
Substance use	53.0
Delinquent behaviour from onset till young adulthood (SRD)
Committed at least one offence
Yes	93.3
Destruction/public order offence
Yes	62.6
Property offence
Yes	85.9
Aggression/violent offence
Yes	73.1
Drug offence
Yes	59.2
Delinquent behaviour previous 6 months (SRD) (N = 179)^b
Committed at least one offence
Yes	63.0
Destruction/public order offence
Yes	10.8
Property offence
Yes	27.1
Aggression/violent offence
Yes	21.6
Drug offence
Yes	21.0

^aPrevalence of serious dysfunctioning is based on percentile scores in the borderline (between the 84th and 90th percentiles) and clinical range (above the 90th percentile) [78]
^bSelf-reported delinquency in the previous 6 months has been added during the study and measured in 179 participants

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