Table 1 Examples of different historic measures of childhood adversity collected as part of the RIGHT Track study, measures at ages 2, 4, 5, 7, and 10Â years old
Constructs | Example Measures | Example Variable | Reporter | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low socioeconomic status | Parental education and employment | Hollingshead index | Mother and father | Hollingshead (1975) |
Physical aggression, verbal aggression, discipline strategies, negative control, punitive reactions | Mother, father, observed | |||
Harsh parenting | Conflict Tactics Scale, Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales: Instrument, Alabama Parenting Questionnaire, Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME), Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale | Physical aggression, verbal aggression, discipline strategies, negative control, physical control, punitive reactions | Mother, father, observed (in laboratory), observed (in home) | Bradley, & Caldwell (1979) |
Straus (1979) | ||||
Melby & Conger (2001) | ||||
Smith, Calkins, Keane, Anastopoulos &, Shelton. (2004) | ||||
Fabes, Eisenberg, & Bernzweig (1990) | ||||
Fabes, Poulin, Eisenberg, & Madden-Derdich (2002). |