Association of early parent–child separation with depression, social and academic performance in adolescence and early adulthood: a prospective cohort study

Table 3 Multivariate linear regression of the association of parent–child separation on social and academic performance in children during later life

Variables	Parent–child relationship			Peer relationship			Academic performance
Parent–child separation	Adj. B	95% CI	P	Adj. B	95% CI	P	Adj. B	95% CI	P
No separation	Ref			Ref			Ref
Separation < 3 m	0.003	(− 0.13, 0.14)	0.967	0.04	(− 0.20, 0.27)	0.752	0.10	(− 0.03, 0.23)	0.120
Separation ≥ 3 m	−0.14	(−0.27, −0.02)	0.027	− 0.28	(− 0.50, − 0.05)	0.015	− 0.03	(− 0.15, 0.09)	0.583
R²	0.022			0.010			0.010
F	6.24			2.05			1.23
N	3428			2817			2022

Models were adjusted for gender, age in 2010, residence, ethnicity, BMI, paternal and maternal age in 2010, paternal and maternal educational level, family size in 2018. For peer relationship, net household income per capita in 2018 was additionally adjusted; for academic performance, net household income per capita in 2018, education stage in 2018, school location and academic stress were additionally adjusted. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant

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