To examine the effect of multiple family risk factors,
a Family Adversity Index (FAI) 33 was used.
The items from
the Family Adversity Index (FAI) were also controlled for in our analyses.
Table 2.4 Distribution of the number of adversity factors * in
the Family Adversity Index in the Sample Population
Higher
family adversity index scores were associated with higher prevalence of poor child health and health behaviours, with two exceptions.
The findings showed that, in general, the higher
the family adversity index score, the higher the prevalence of poor child health and health behaviours.
Not exact matches
RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that long - term success (at least 5 % weight reduction by the 1 - year follow - up) versus failure (dropping out or less weight reduction) was significantly predicted by the set of psychosocial variables (
family adversity, maternal depression, and attachment insecurity) when we controlled for familial obesity, preintervention overweight, age, and gender of the
index child and parental educational level.
Similar to the ACE Study analyses, for each outcome variable, a binary logistic regression was applied to test the relationship of the
adversity index score (0, 1, 2, 3, or ≥ 4) to the outcome, after entering the control variables (child's sex, child's race / ethnicity, caregiver's marital status, and
family income).
An
index of
family adversity was constructed using eight different indicators of health risk from maternal,
family and area characteristics including poverty and maternal depression.
It explains how individual measures were combined to give an
index of overall parenting skills and examines whether, and how, parenting varies according to the level of
family adversity.
To explore the second research question, an
index of
family adversity combined eight different indicators of health risk including low income and maternal depression, using an approach that was similar to a US study (Larson et al. 2008).
3 PARENTING MEASURES 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Key findings 3.3 Description of parenting measures 3.3.1 Connection 3.3.2 Negativity 3.3.3 Control 3.4 Associations between parenting measures 3.5 Associations between different dimensions of parenting and
family adversity 3.6
Index of parenting skill 3.7 Associations between index of parenting skill and family adve
Index of parenting skill 3.7 Associations between
index of parenting skill and family adve
index of parenting skill and
family adversity
The study then investigates associations between an
index of
family adversity and health.
Therefore it is not suprising that the three groups or bands of the parenting skill
index were also strongly patterned according to
family adversity (see Figure 3 - B).