Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner, Stephanie Folkens, Sonika Sharma, Deborah Daro, Neilé K Edens
An Experiential Cooking and Nutrition Education Program Increases Cooking Self-Efficacy and Vegetable Consumption in Children in Grades 3-8
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
examined prospective association 2 measures child abuse one based official child welfare records based parent selfreports perpetration elder mistreatment adult child also examined measures adolescent adult depression substance use problems predictors elder mistreatment data prospective study began 1970s sample children aged 18 months 6 years age analyses draw data collected child participants preschool elementary school adolescents adults midlife ages 36 46 average results bivariate correlations multivariable path models variables different life stages entered steps assess prediction elder mistreatment variables significantly correlated elder mistreatment final path model parent selfreports physical child abuse remained significant unique predictor elder mistreatment adolescent adult substance use problems also statistically significant longitudinal studies tracked patterns abuse time relationships findings suggest child abuse risk factor perpetration elder mistreatment adult child substance use problems may also increase risk perpetration elder mistreatment longitudinal research needed replicate extend findings order advance prevention intervention programs policies