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. 2023 Mar 15:1–13. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s42844-023-00093-1

Table 3.

Regression models of the association between latent class membership, communication skills with caregivers, and toxic social networks

b SE z-score
High childhood adversity (class 1)
  Intercept 3.02 1.96 1.54
  Age 0.03 0.07 0.47
  Minoritized race/ethnicity (White non-Latinx) 0.49 0.35 1.40
  Female and non-binary/other gender identity (male) 0.42 0.59 0.70
  Frequency of communication with caregiver 0.05 0.06 0.79
  Communication skills with caregiver  − 0.48* 0.21  − 2.24
  R2 0.39** 0.14 2.73
High to moderate household dysfunction and emotional abuse (class 2)
  Intercept 8.05 6.56 1.23
  Age  − 0.18 0.31  − 0.59
  Minoritized race/ethnicity (White non-Latinx)  − 0.18 0.34  − 0.52
  Female and non-binary/other gender identity (male) 0.28 0.54 0.52
  Frequency of communication with caregiver  − 0.05 0.12  − 0.41
  Communication skills with caregiver  − 0.63 0.54  − 1.17
  R2 0.34 0.41 0.82
High emotional abuse and moderate physical abuse and emotional neglect (class 3)
  Intercept 2.44* 1.17 2.09
  Age  − 0.01 0.03  − 0.36
  Minoritized race/ethnicity (White non-Latinx)  − 0.16 0.30  − 0.53
  Female and non-binary/other gender identity (male) 0.73* 0.33 2.18
  Frequency of communication with caregiver  − 0.08 0.08  − 1.03
  Communication skills with caregiver 0.22 0.23 0.98
  R2 0.22 0.13 1.73
Low or no childhood adversity (class 4)
  Intercept 3.83*** 0.72 5.33
  Age  − 0.04 0.03  − 1.27
  Minoritized race/ethnicity (White non-Latinx) 0.16 0.10 1.67
  Female and non-binary/other gender identity (male) 0.09 0.11 0.90
  Frequency of communication with caregiver  − 0.03 0.04  − 0.73
  Communication skills with caregiver  − 0.34*** 0.08  − 4.29
  R2 0.12** 0.04 3.21
Model constraint
  Class 1 vs. class 2  − 5.03 6.98  − 0.72
  Class 1 vs. class 3 0.58 2.31 0.25
  Class 1 vs. class 4  − 0.81 2.08  − 0.39
  Class 2 vs. class 3 5.61 6.78 0.83
  Class 2 vs. class 4 4.22 6.62 0.64
  Class 3 vs. class 4  − 1.39 1.48  − 0.94

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001