@article {Ashiabi:2005:1079-6126:3,
title = "Household food insecurity and children's school engagement",
journal = "Journal of Children and Poverty",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/cjcp",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2005",
volume = "11",
number = "1",
publication date ="2005-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "3-17",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1079-6126",
eissn = "1469-9389",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cjcp/2005/00000011/00000001/art00001",
doi = "doi:10.1080/1079612042000333027",
author = "Ashiabi, Godwin",
abstract = "Data on 11,614 children (ages 6-11) from the 1999 National Survey of American Families were used to examine a model linking household food insecurity, child health, and emotional well-being to school engagement. The results, using path analyses revealed that (i) the proposed model fit the data quite well; (ii) food insecurity predicted health status, emotional well-being, and negatively predicted school engagement; (iii) health status predicted emotional well-being, and negatively predicted school engagement. Finally, emotional well-being negatively predicted school engagement. Results of mediation analyses showed that food insecurity had a significant indirect effect on emotional well-being via its effect on health status, and a significant indirect effect on school engagement via its effects on health status and emotional well-being.",
}