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The problem
Intervention: None; this is an observational study examining the association between household food insecurity and parent-to-child aggression
Who it was tested with: 2,330 families from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study in the United States.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Sixteen percent of households were food insecure, and food insecurity at Wave 3 was associated with an increased use of parent-to-child psychological and physical aggression at the follow-up interview. This relationship held even after controlling for important covariates, such as maternal depression and impulsivity." The study documents an association between food insecurity and subsequent aggression using longitudinal data with statistical controls, but remains observational.
The study is observational with no intervention or comparison group, making causal inference impossible. The direction of causality cannot be determined from the data presented.
Across countries and designs
13 studies · 11 countries
