TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The association of family-related adversity with fighting in adolescents: does hopelessness mediate this association?
JO  - International journal of public health
A1  - Mackova, Jaroslava
A1  - Dankulincova Veselska, Zuzana
A1  - Madarasova Geckova, Andrea
A1  - Jansen, Danielle
A1  - van Dijk, Jitse P.
A1  - Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
SP  - e607199
EP  - e607199
VL  - 66
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-8556
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.607199
ID  - ref1
ER  -