Available Studies
MAP, MARS, LATC
Categories
Affect and Personality
This variable is only available in MAP, MARS, and LATC.
Family problems and separation is a subscale of total adverse experiences during childhood. The variable is assessed using 8 questions about family problems and family separation covering the period of time from birth to 18 years of age. Participants are asked to respond yes=1 or no=0 to each question. The subscale score ranges from 0 to 8 and is the sum of the individual items, with higher scores indicating more family problems and/or separation.
Participants are asked the following questions:
When you were growing up...
Family problems:
Family separation: