@article{ref1,
title="The association of family-related adversity with fighting in adolescents: does hopelessness mediate this association?",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2021",
author="Mackova, Jaroslava and Dankulincova Veselska, Zuzana and Madarasova Geckova, Andrea and Jansen, Danielle and van Dijk, Jitse P. and Reijneveld, Sijmen A.",
volume="66",
number="",
pages="e607199-e607199",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To explore the association of family-related adversities with physical fighting, and whether this association is mediated by hopelessness. <br><br>METHODS: The sample consisted of 3712 Slovak adolescents (mean age: 13.9, 50.7% girls). Participants answered questions regarding experienced family-related adversities, involvement in physical fighting in the last 12 months and the Hopelessness Questionnaire. First, the association of family adversities in general with fighting and of each of family-related adversity separately was assessed using linear regression models and second, mediation was assessed using the a*b product method with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals Results: Adolescents who had experienced at least one family adversity reported more frequent fighting. Similarly, each of reported family adversities (death of a parent, substance abuse problems of a parent, conflicts/physical fights, divorce) was associated with more frequent fighting among adolescents. The mediation effect of hopelessness was found in each association of family-related adversity with fighting. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that interventions to support adolescents who had experienced family adversities could among other things be directed at better coping with hopelessness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.3389/ijph.2021.607199",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.607199"
}