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Table 3 Tetrachoric correlations of family adversity indicators in later childhood (N = 1143)

From: Profiles of family-focused adverse experiences through childhood and early adolescence: The ROOTS project a community investigation of adolescent mental health

  

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1

Family loss

                  

2

Family discord

0.66

                 

3

Father's atypical parenting

0.54

0.51

                

4

Mother's atypical parenting

0.13

0.31

0.65

               

5

Mother lack affection/engagement

0.27

0.37

0.27

0.53

              

6

Unemployment

0.26

0.28

0.14

0.24

-0.02

             

7

Financial difficulties

0.50

0.62

0.43

0.24

0.20

0.36

            

8

Father psychiatric illness

0.42

0.68

0.40

0.17

0.29

0.32

0.49

           

9

Mother psychiatric illness

0.44

0.42

0.14

-0.02

0.30

0.02

0.31

0.25

          

10

Sibling psychiatric illness

0.16

0.45

0.29

0.01

0.02

0.19

0.34

0.21

0.24

         

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Family medical illness

0.12

0.09

0.11

0.09

0.20

0.09

0.21

0.08

0.15

-0.10

        

12

Sibling medical illness

0.10

0.18

0.19

0.19

0.16

-0.06

0.34

0.16

0.07

0.24

0.10

       

13

Abuse/at risk

0.54

0.77

0.59

0.47

0.46

0.33

0.46

0.61

0.29

0.37

-0.04

-0.14

      

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Criminality

0.29

0.66

0.36

0.28

0.19

0.37

0.35

0.50

0.04

0.38

-0.12

-0.03

0.61

     

15

Other acute social disturbances

0.47

0.61

0.13

0.31

0.28

0.10

0.23

0.34

0.26

0.14

0.11

0.13

0.53

0.34

    

16

Other chronic social difficulties

0.12

0.11

0.11

0.17

0.19

0.13

0.08

0.21

0.12

0.12

0.00

0.20

0.08

0.17

0.32

   

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Acorn group (SES)

0.22

0.32

0.20

0.20

0.09

0.20

0.30

0.24

0.19

0.19

-0.07

0.09

0.24

0.41

0.22

0.10

  

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Mother (teenage birth)

0.30

0.38

0.30

-0.11

-0.20

0.36

0.19

0.23

0.15

0.06

-0.11

-0.01

0.19

0.41

0.26

0.00

0.46

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