Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth

Table 7

Association between parent appraisal of stressors and child waist circumference (N = 111) and BMI (N = 122).

Appraisal	BMI^a			Waist circumference
Stressors	Β(SE)^b		R-square	Β(SE)		R-square
Financial
Age-adjusted	0.08(0.07)	0.27	0.02	0.24(0.19)	0.22	0.02
Multivariate-adjusted^c	0.12(0.07)	0.10	0.17	0.33(0.19)	0.08	0.22
Legal
Age-adjusted	0.08(0.25)	0.74	0.007	0.07(0.63)	0.91	0.004
Multivariate-adjusted	0.10(0.25)	0.69	0.16	0.13(0.63)	0.84	0.19
Career
Age-adjusted	0.20(0.18)	0.27	0.02	0.51(0.49)	0.30	0.01
Multivariate-adjusted	0.27(0.19)	0.14	0.17	0.56(0.48)	0.25	0.20
Relationships
Age-adjusted	0.07(0.17)	0.67	0.008	0.02(0.44)	0.96	0.004
Multivariate-adjusted	0.09(0.18)	0.61	0.16	0.07(0.45)	0.87	0.19
Safety in the home
Age-adjusted	0.39(0.33)	0.24	0.02	0.82(0.84)	0.33	0.01
Multivariate-adjusted	0.64(0.39)	0.10	0.18	1.04(1.00)	0.30	0.20
Safety in the community
Age-adjusted	0.31(0.13)	0.02	0.05	0.94(0.34)	0.006	0.08
Multivariate-adjusted	0.39(0.14)	0.006	0.22	1.00(0.35)	0.005	0.26
Stressor-adjusted^d	0.28(0.16)	0.08	0.19	1.01(0.41)	0.02	0.23
Medical issues (self)
Age-adjusted	0.40(0.28)	0.15	0.03	1.43(0.70)	0.045	0.05
Multivariate-adjusted	0.24(0.27)	0.38	0.16	1.07(0.69)	0.13	0.21
Medical issues (others)
Age-adjusted	0.24(0.20)	0.23	0.02	0.56(0.51)	0.28	0.02
Multivariate-adjusted	0.06(0.21)	0.79	0.16	0.29(0.55)	0.60	0.19
Home issues
Age-adjusted	−0.19(0.17)	0.26	0.02	−0.24(0.44)	0.60	0.007
Multivariate-adjusted	−0.11(0.19)	0.58	0.16	0.17(0.50)	0.74	0.19
Authority
Age-adjusted	0.14(0.22)	0.53	0.01	0.18(0.57)	0.75	0.005
Multivariate-adjusted	0.10(0.22)	0.65	0.16	0.02(0.55)	0.97	0.19
Prejudice
Age-adjusted	0.34(0.18)	0.07	0.03	0.45(0.48)	0.36	0.01
Multivariate-adjusted	0.36(0.19)	0.07	0.19	0.45(0.52)	0.39	0.20

Note. Standard beta coefficients with standard error are shown. . ^aBody mass index. ^bStandard error. ^cThe multivariate-adjusted model included child age, sex, moderate-to-vigorous physical time, sedentary time, caloric intake, and parent employment status. ^dThe stressor-adjusted model included financial, home safety, age, sex, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time, caloric intake, and parent employment status.