Examining within- and across-day relationships between transient and chronic stress and parent food-related parenting practices in a racially/ethnically diverse and immigrant population

Table 1 Effects of chronic and lagged transient stressors on end-of-day stress over three days (N=61 participants; 383 observation days)^a

Independent predictor variable	Mean response	95% CI	P value^b
Chronic stressors
High chronic stress indicator (ref: Low chronic stress)^c	0.61	(0.30, 0.93)	0.000
Stressful life events (prior 6 months)
Active (ref: no active events)	0.18	(-0.06, 0.42)	0.138
Resolved (ref: no resolved events)	-0.07	(-0.28, 0.14)	0.504
Transient stressors
Lagged sources of stress
"A lot of work at home, school, or job"
L0. (same day)	1.28	(1.11, 1.45)	0.000
L1. (second day)	0.25	(0.09, 0.41)	0.003
L2. (third day)	0.13	(-0.03, 0.29)	0.116
"Conflicts with spouse, partner, or children"
L0. (same day)^c	1.45	(1.25, 1.64)	0.000
L1. (second day)	0.17	(-0.03, 0.36)	0.091
L2. (third day)	-0.02	(-0.21, 0.17)	0.800
"Financial problems"
L0. (same day)	0.71	(0.32, 1.11)	0.000
L1. (second day)	0.77	(0.33, 1.21)	0.001
L2. (third day)	0.57	(0.14, 1.00)	0.009

^aModel adjusted for: Parent sex, age, race, country of origin, relationship status, acculturation status (assimilation, separation, and integration), and day of the week
^bBoldface values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
^c Interpretation Example: Parents who reported elevated chronic stress had stress levels 0.61 higher (95% CI: (0.30, 0.93), P<0.001) than parents who reported low chronic stress. Interpersonal transient stressors had the strongest within-day effect on stress (1.45, 95% CI: (1.25, 1.64)). The strength of the across day association weakened by day two for interpersonal stressors and by day three the relationship was not found to be statistically significant

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