title: Prospective longitudinal associations between household smoke exposure in early childhood and antisocial behavior at age 12.
abstract: Young children exert little control over household tobacco smoke exposure, which is considered a developmental neurotoxicant. Using the Quebec Longitudinal Study birth cohort, we examine prospective associations between early childhood smoke exposure and later antisocial behavior. Parents of 1035 children reported on the presence of household smokers at seven follow-ups from ages 1.5 to 7.5. At age 12, children self-reported on five aspects of early antisocial dispositions. After adjusting for confounders, every standard deviation increase in household smoke exposure was prospectively associated with a 19% standard deviation unit increase in conduct problems (β=0.07; 95% confidence interval [CI] from 0.04 to 0.09), a 11% standard deviation unit increase in proactive aggression (β=0.04; 95% CI from 0.01 to 0.07), a 13% standard deviation unit increase in reactive aggression (β=0.07; 95% CI from 0.03 to 0.12), a 14% standard deviation unit increase in school indiscipline (β=0.13; 95% CI from 0.05 to 0.20), and a 10% standard deviation unit increase in dropout risk (β=0.07; 95% CI from 0.01 to 0.12). These long-term findings warrant fostering parental awareness of developmental risks by policy-makers/health practitioners. School curricula can equally integrate these ideas into their curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Psycho-Education, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|Sainte-Justine's Hospital Research Center (Brain Diseases Division), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|School Environment Research Group, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Pagani
authors.affiliation: School of Psycho-Education, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|Sainte-Justine's Hospital Research Center (Brain Diseases Division), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|School Environment Research Group, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lévesque-Seck
authors.affiliation: School of Psycho-Education, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|School Environment Research Group, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Archambault
authors.affiliation: School of Psycho-Education, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.|School Environment Research Group, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janosz
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000139:chemically induced; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011792:Quebec; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
keywords: antisocial behavior; developmental psychopathology; dropout risk; environmental smoke; household smoke; secondhand smoke