Persistent Aggressive Behaviour From Childhood to Adolescence: The Influence of Environmental Tobacco Exposure and the Protective Role of Fish Consumption

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI:10.1002/cbm.2368

Jianghong Liu, Yi Yang, Haoer Shi, Keri Ka-Yee Wong, Adrian Raine

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Abstract

Background

Understanding changes in aggressive behaviour throughout child development is crucial for identifying effective intervention strategies. This study investigates children's aggressive behaviour in a longitudinal cohort and explores the role of environmental tobacco exposure and fish consumption as potential risk and protective factors, respectively, for persistent aggression in children.

Methods

This study involved 452 children from the Chinese Jintan Cohort. Aggressive behaviour was assessed at ages 6 and 12 years using the child behaviour checklist (CBCL) and the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), respectively. Information on lifestyle habits and living environment, including parental smoking, was collected via questionnaires. Linear regression was employed to investigate the association between childhood and adolescence aggressive behaviour with relevant covariates adjusted. Subsequently, we conducted interaction analyses to explore the moderating effects of parent smoking and fish consumption on the association.

Results

We identified no significant association between childhood and adolescent aggression in the entire sample. Interaction analysis revealed environmental tobacco exposure as a moderator for the association. Specifically, persistent reactive and total aggression across development was only observed among those with environmental tobacco exposure (reactive: β = 0.549, p = 0.020; total: β = 0.654, p = 0.035). Furthermore, within the parent smoking subgroup, freshwater fish consumption at the age of 12 showed a marginally significant interaction with childhood aggression (reactive: p = 0.061; total: p = 0.095). A significant longitudinal association for aggression was found only among those consuming fish less frequently at the age of 12 years (reactive: β = 0.927, p = 0.002; total: β = 1.082, p = 0.006).

Conclusion

Our findings suggest exposure to environmental tobacco as a contributing factor to the lasting presence of aggressive behaviour during children's development, whereas freshwater fish consumption shows potential protective effects.

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儿童至青少年的持续攻击行为：环境烟草暴露的影响和鱼类消费的保护作用。

背景：了解整个儿童发展过程中攻击行为的变化对于确定有效的干预策略至关重要。本研究对儿童的攻击行为进行了纵向队列调查，并分别探讨了环境烟草暴露和鱼类消费作为儿童持续攻击的潜在风险和保护因素的作用。方法：本研究纳入来自中国金坛队列的452名儿童。在6岁和12岁时分别使用儿童行为检查表（CBCL）和反应-主动攻击问卷（RPQ）评估攻击行为。通过问卷调查收集生活习惯和生活环境信息，包括父母吸烟情况。采用线性回归研究儿童期和青春期攻击行为之间的关系，并调整相关协变量。随后，我们进行了交互分析，以探索父母吸烟和鱼类消费对该关联的调节作用。结果：我们在整个样本中没有发现童年和青少年攻击之间的显著关联。相互作用分析显示，环境烟草暴露是该协会的调节因素。具体而言，仅在环境烟草暴露者中观察到持续的反应性攻击和总攻击(反应性：β = 0.549, p = 0.020；Total: β = 0.654, p = 0.035)。此外，在父母吸烟亚组中，12岁时食用淡水鱼与儿童攻击行为之间存在显著的交互作用(反应性：p = 0.061；p = 0.095)。只有在12岁时较少吃鱼的年龄组中，攻击性存在显著的纵向关联(反应性：β = 0.927, p = 0.002；Total: β = 1.082, p = 0.006)。结论：我们的研究结果表明，在儿童发育过程中，接触环境烟草是导致攻击性行为持续存在的一个因素，而食用淡水鱼则有潜在的保护作用。

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期刊介绍： Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health – CBMH – aims to publish original material on any aspect of the relationship between mental state and criminal behaviour. Thus, we are interested in mental mechanisms associated with offending, regardless of whether the individual concerned has a mental disorder or not. We are interested in factors that influence such relationships, and particularly welcome studies about pathways into and out of crime. These will include studies of normal and abnormal development, of mental disorder and how that may lead to offending for a subgroup of sufferers, together with information about factors which mediate such a relationship.