Secure attachment predicts lower societal cost amongst severely antisocial adolescents

Table 3 Cost domains (in £) per individual, by attachment security to mother and father

Cost type		Total sample (N = 111)	Attachment to mother			Attachment to father
Cost type		Total sample (N = 111)	Secure (N = 41)	Insecure (N = 62)	p	Secure (N = 17)	Insecure (N = 58)	p
Total costs	Mean	5,368	5,315	5,380	0.535	3,338	5,993	0.072
	Median	3,333	4,202	3,107		2,386	3,425
	Maximum	30,121	16,212	30,121		16,212	30,121
Justice system costs (young offender support, youth justice)	Mean	3,157	3,645	3,059	0.346	2,261	3,637	0.591
	Median	1,128	1,188	1,270		944	1,244
	Maximum	27,778	15,399	27,778		15,399	27,778
Education services costs (educational support, behaviour support at school)	Mean	1,341	1,047	1,527	0.844	584	1,605	0.057
	Median	418	443	326		75	568
	Maximum	19,692	5,944	19,692		2,890	19,692
Social care services costs	Mean	425	247	323	0.394	80	295	0.049
	Median	0	0	10		0	10
	Maximum	16,176	1,911	2,139		735	2,139
Health services costs (primary care, hospital, mental health services)	Mean	239	227	262	0.396	372	241	0.934
	Median	92	48	111		124	86
	Maximum	3,739	3,739	1,852		3,739	1,852
Costs for family members (primary caregiver services, other relative services)	Mean	206	149	208	0.577	41	215	0.186
	Median	0	0	0		0	0
	Maximum	3,820	1,492	3,820		417	3,820

Annotation: p = significance value for difference in medians by Mann-Whitney U test

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