APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Neighborhood Violence Moderates Association Between Parent-to-Child Aggression and BMI
- Yehsong Kim
University of Southern California - Merai Estafanous
University of Southern California - Corey Pettit
University of Southern California - Kelly Miller
University of Southern California - Gayla Margolin
University of Southern California
Abstract
We examined whether parent-to-child aggression and neighborhood violence interactively predict body mass index (BMI). Adolescents (N = 103) reported family and community violence; five years later, they reported BMI. Both father-to-child and community violence predicted higher BMI; however, when community violence was elevated, father-child aggression conferred no additional health risk.
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