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Household Food Insecurity in Early Adolescence and Risk of Subsequent Behavior Problems: Does a Connection Persist Over Time?
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2018 November 9
Objective: Household food insecurity is common among U.S. families, and adolescents are almost twice as likely as school-aged children to be food insecure. However, little is known about how household food insecurity relates to adolescent behavioral outcomes over time. The purpose of this study was to examine whether food security status in early adolescence is associated with behavioral problems over a 6-year period in an ethnically diverse sample of teenagers from low-income households.
Methods: The study examined longitudinal data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. A total of 1,049 primary caregivers completed measures of child/adolescent behavioral problems and household food insecurity during the past year. Data were collected across three waves, when focal children were between 10 and 14 years old, 11 and 16 years old, and 16 and 18 years old, respectively. Generalized estimating equations were used to assess initial household food insecurity as a time-invariant effect on adolescent behavioral problems over time.
Results: Baseline household food insecurity in pre- or early adolescence was significantly associated with greater internalizing problems and total behavioral problems over time.
Conclusions: These findings indicate that household food insecurity is associated with behavioral problems throughout adolescence. This suggests the need for health providers to screen for household food insecurity during scheduled health visits and highlight the need for integration of psychosocial services into pediatric care and expansions in current federal assistance programs.
Methods: The study examined longitudinal data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. A total of 1,049 primary caregivers completed measures of child/adolescent behavioral problems and household food insecurity during the past year. Data were collected across three waves, when focal children were between 10 and 14 years old, 11 and 16 years old, and 16 and 18 years old, respectively. Generalized estimating equations were used to assess initial household food insecurity as a time-invariant effect on adolescent behavioral problems over time.
Results: Baseline household food insecurity in pre- or early adolescence was significantly associated with greater internalizing problems and total behavioral problems over time.
Conclusions: These findings indicate that household food insecurity is associated with behavioral problems throughout adolescence. This suggests the need for health providers to screen for household food insecurity during scheduled health visits and highlight the need for integration of psychosocial services into pediatric care and expansions in current federal assistance programs.
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