Abstract
Background: Multiple family-level childhood stressors are common and are correlated. It is unknown if clusters of commonly co-occurring stressors are identifiable. The study was designed to explore family-level stressor clustering in the general population, to estimate the prevalence of exposure classes, and to examine the correlation of sociodemographic characteristics with class prevalence. Method: Data were collected from an epidemiological sample and analyzed using latent class regression. Results: A six-class solution was identified. Classes were characterized by low risk (prevalence = 23%), universal high risk (7 %), family conflict (11 %), household substance problems (22 %), non-nuclear family structure (24 %), parent's mental illness (13 %). Conclusions: Class prevalence varied with race and welfare status, not gender. Interventions for childhood stressors are person-focused; the analytic approach may uniquely inform resource allocation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 857-865 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2004 |
Keywords
- Child abuse
- Epidemiology
- Latent class analysis
- Multiple stressors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health