Association of parental education with offspring psychiatric diagnoses, violent crimes, and suicidal behavior: a nationwide Swedish quasi-experimental study
Among parents who planned to quit school after completing the minimum compulsory requirement, the negative association between longer years of parental schooling and offspring mental health problems and behavioral outcomes likely reflected unmeasured confounding.
Authors
- Mengping Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-0690)
- Brian M. D’Onofrio
- Paul Lichtenstein
- Erik Pettersson
- Mikael Landén
Institutions
- Örebro University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04719-w
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00