Variable Details
Available Studies
MAP, MARS, LATC
Categories
Affect and Personality
Parental violence
Childhood adversity subscale: Parental violence - Sum of 2 items
This variable is only available in MAP, MARS, LATC.
Parental violence is a subscale of total adverse experience during childhood. The variable is assessed using 2 questions about parental violence covering the period of time from birth to 18 years of age. Participants are asked to respond to each question using a 5-point rating scale. Values are adjusted so that each response ranges from 0 to 4 (see table below). The subscale score ranges from 0 to 8 and is the sum of the individual items, with higher scores indicating more parental violence.
Participants are asked the following questions:
When you were growing up, how often...
- were you punished with a belt, board, cord, or some other hard object?
- did physical blows occur between adults living in (or visiting) your home?
Response choices for each question:
| Response | Value | Adjusted value (-1) |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 1 | 0 |
| Rarely | 2 | 1 |
| Sometimes | 3 | 2 |
| Often | 4 | 3 |
| Always | 5 | 4 |