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Table 6 Prevalence (% [n/N]) of adverse family life events or conditions among the copycats, in a sample of adolescent psychiatric inpatients and an outpatients, and risk (OR, 95% confidence intervals) of adverse family life events according to sample (inpatients vs. copycats and outpatientsvs.copycats.), controlled for age and sex

From: The copycat phenomenon after two Finnish school shootings: an adolescent psychiatric perspective

Symptom

Copycats

Inpatients

Outpatients

Inpatients vs. Copycats

Outpatients vs. Copycats

    

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

family violence

5.2 (4/77)

16.6 (31/187)

16.7 (33/198)

0.009

3.8 (1.2- 12.3)

0.008

3.9 (1.1- 13.7)

parental substance use problems

20.8 (16/77)

17.1 (32/187)

12.5 (24/198)

0.28

0.6 (0.3-1.4)

0.05

0.64 (0.26- 1.60)

divorce or separation

9.1 (7/77)

5.9 (11/187)

6.1 (12/198)

0.24

0.6 (0.2-1.9)

0.25

0.49 (0.13- 1.79)

bereavement

1.3 (1/77)

12.8 (24/187)

8.1 (16/198)

0.002

10.5 (1.3- 84.4)

0.03

7.89 (0.88- 68.4)

parental severe somatic illness

9.1 (7/77)

3.7 (7/187)

9.1 (18/198)

0.07

0.5 (0.1-1.8)

0.57

0.80 (0.24- 2.65)

parental severe mental disorder

23.4 (18/77)

11.8 (22/187)

15.2 (30/198)

0.03

0.4 (0.2-1.0)*

0.11

0.84 (0.36- 1.98)

severe financial difficulties, unemployment etc.

10.4 (8/77)

4.8 (9/187)

12.1 (24/198)

0.08

0.5 (0.2-1.6)

0.45

0.58 (0.19- 1.77)

severe problems related to siblings

9.1 (7/77)

7.0 (13/187)

15.2 (30/198)

0.35

0.5 (0.2-1.6)

0.14

0.82 (0.27- 2.52)

(suspected) sexual abuse within the family

2.6 (2/77)

3.7 (7/187)

2.5 (5/198)

0.49

0.5 (0.1-3.9)

0.62

0.30 (0.03-2.88)

  1. *p = 0.04.