Frequency of Antisocial Disorder in Adolescents who attended a Day Care in His Childhood

Abstract

Objective: to determine the frequency of antisocial disorder in adolescents of working mothers of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (imss) who attended a day care, compared to those who did not attend. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Centro Médico Nacional of the Northwest, in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico; which randomly included adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age, children of working mothers, excluding those with psychiatric disorders or disabilities; two groups were formed: one, those who attended a day care; and another, with those who did not attend. It was applied a validated questionnaire, whose variables were: age, gender, assistance to day care, presence of antisocial disorder (ad), as well as occupation, working shift and length of working time from both parents. The analysis was performed with: central tendency testing and dispersion; χ2 and Wilcoxon. Results: two groups were formed of 90 adolescents each; the average age was 13.8 ±2.6 years. The frequency of ad for daycare attendees was 7.8% against 1.1% for those who did not attend. The profession of both, father and mother were significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: ad was more frequent in adolescents who attended a day care and the profession of both parents is important for their development.