Research Article
Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth
Table 1
Definitions of stressors.
| Stressors | Definition |
| Financial | Changes in income and inability to obtain resources such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation. | Legal | Interactions with the legal system including experiencing the arrest of a family member, or a family member going to jail. | Career | Getting laid off, changing jobs, or returning to school. | Relationships | Experiencing divorce, a break up, or death of a friend or family member. | Safety in the home | Feeling emotionally or physically unsafe in the home or experiencing a crime in the home. | Safety in the community | Hearing, witnessing, or experiencing crime in one’s neighborhood or otherwise feeling unsafe. | Medical issues (self) | Personally experiencing a chronic illness, going to the hospital, or becoming pregnant. | Medical issues (others) | Having a child or family member become ill or be admitted to the hospital. | Home issues | Experiencing a loss of housing, change in home occupants, or issues with housing quality. | Authority | Conflict with authority figures including health professionals, teachers, and supervisors. | Prejudice | Being treated unfairly due to one’s age, socioeconomic status, gender, or race. |
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