Skip to main content

Table 2 Adjusted multi-group (by acculturation status) path regression model of Hispanic/Latino youth’ SSB consumption by acculturative stress and family functioning (n = 1465)

From: Targeting family functioning, acculturative stress, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for obesity prevention: findings from the Hispanic community children’s health study/study of Latino youth

Paths modeled

Integrated

Assimilated

Separated/Marginalized

Unclassified

β (SE)

95%CI

p

β (SE)

95%CI

p

β (SE)

95%CI

p

β (SE)

95%CI

p

SSB intake < −- accult. Stress

0.06 (0.06)

−0.06, 0.19

0.34

−0.13 (0.04)

−0.22, −0.03

< 0.01

0.65 (0.41)

−0.15, 1.45

0.11

− 0.18 (0.10)

− 0.38, 0.02

0.08

SSB intake < −- poor family functioning

− 0.00 (0.00)

− 0.01, 0.00

0.31

0.11 (0.06)

0.01, 0.23

0.07

−0.39 (0.45)

−1.28, 0.50

0.38

0.10 (0.06)

−0.02, 0.23

0.12

Poor family functioning < −- accult. Stress

0.28 (0.09)

0.10, 0.46

< 0.01

0.55 (0.11)

0.32, 0.78

< 0.01

0.84 (0.39)

0.07, 1.61

0.03

0.29 (0.03)

0.22, 0.35

< 0.01

SSB intake < −- youth age

0.19 (0.03)

0.12, 0.25

< 0.01

0.23 (0.04)

0.13, 0.32

< 0.01

0.39 (0.16)

0.07, 0.71

0.01

0.17 (0.07)

0.03, 0.31

0.01

SSB intake < −- youth sex

0.07 (0.01)

0.03, 0.11

< 0.01

0.10 (0.04)

0.01, 0.20

0.02

0.14 (0.17)

0.19, 0.48

0.39

0.08 (0.05)

−0.02, 0.20

0.12

Poor family functioning < −- youth age

0.07 (0.07)

− 0.07, 0.22

0.30

0.22 (0.06)

0.09, 0.34

< 0.01

0.15 (0.28)

−0.39, 0.70

0.57

0.06 (0.03)

−0.00, 0.13

0.08

Poor family functioning < −- youth sex

0.01 (0.03)

−0.06, 0.09

0.68

−0.17 (0.04)

−0.26, − 0.08

< 0.01

−0.19 (0.09)

− 0.38, − 0.01

0.03

−0.09 (0.03)

− 0.16, 0.01

0.01

Accult. stress < −- youth age

− 0.12 (0.11)

−0.35, 0.09

0.25

−0.41 (0.05)

− 0.52, − 0.30

< 0.01

−0.56 (0.04)

− 0.64, − 0.45

< 0.01

−0.22 (0.09)

− 0.40, − 0.04

0.01

Accult. stress < −- youth sex

−0.17 (0.03)

− 0.24, − 0.10

< 0.01

0.07 (0.05)

−0.03, 0.18

0.16

0.11 (0.17)

−0.22, 0.46

0.50

0.06 (0.05)

−0.05, 0.17

0.28

R2

0.09

0.29

0.49

0.10

Goodness-of-fit statistics

CFI = 0.99 | RMSEA = 0.02 (0.00, 0.05) | SRMR = 0.03

  1. Abbreviations: SSB sugar-sweetened beverages; Accult. Stress acculturative stress; Acculturative stress is a latent variable composed of three observed indicators in the data, acculturative conflicts, perceived discrimination, and language conflicts (a = .61; r > .33). Indicators of acculturative stress loaded significantly onto factor (b > .41; p < 0.01)
  2. Prior to testing the regression models, ANOVA tests indicated mean SSB intake was statistically different across acculturation groups (F (2,1301) = 3.43, p = 0.04). Chi-square tests also indicated statistical differences across groups in poor family functioning (X2 = 15.30, p < 0.01)