The Identification of Family Social Environment Typologies Using Latent Class Analysis: Implications for Future Family-Focused Research

Abstract

The family social environment is the first environment that a child experiences and has implications for children’s health. However, the majority of family social environment measures do not account for its complexity. There is a need for novel approaches for assessing the family social environment that transcends the traditional way of measuring family composition and interaction. The purpose of this secondary data analysis research was to identify distinct family social environment typologies that consider both family composition and interaction and to describe the characteristics of the identified family social environment typologies. A series of latent class analysis results indicated three distinct typologies of family social environment with significant differences in family composition, family problem-solving skills, and demographic characteristics. The process used to identify the typologies and significant differences between the typologies showcases how the field could advance family-focused research by considering family composition and interaction.

Data-driven versus traditional definitions of household membership and household composition: does latent class analysis produce meaningful groupings?

“…parenting (Hwang and Jung 2021), health care utilisation (Traino et al 2021) etc. ), yet there are few published examples of LCA being used to create household composition definitions in the literature (Huffman, Villagómez-Ornelas, et al 2019;Lee et al 2020;Liao 2004). Comparable to the present analyses, two studies used age, sex and relationship status input variables (Huffman, Villagómez-Ornelas, et al 2019;Lee et al 2020), however differences in research question and data availability meant that the final variables used and the classes found varied between studies; providing further evidence of the complexities involved in studying household composition.…”

Analisis Pengaruh Pola Asuh, Lingkungan Keluarga, dan Keterlibatan Orang Tua dalam Pendidikan terhadap Kemampuan Sosial-Anak Usia Dini di Kota Jakarta

“…Sebaliknya, efek merugikan dari gaya pengasuhan otoriter dan permisif terhadap keterampilan sosial menekankan pentingnya praktik disiplin yang seimbang dan batasan yang konsisten dalam mendorong perilaku sosial yang adaptif (Lee et al, 2020;Sitorus & Nurhafizah, 2023e;Yao, 2023b). Temuan-temuan ini menggarisbawahi perlunya program pendidikan orang tua dan intervensi yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan praktik pengasuhan anak yang positif dan meningkatkan kesadaran orang tua akan implikasi jangka panjang dari pendekatan disiplin yang mereka terapkan.…”

“…Lingkungan keluarga yang kohesif yang ditandai dengan komunikasi yang terbuka, saling menghormati, dan strategi penyelesaian konflik berfungsi sebagai lahan subur untuk menumbuhkan kemahiran sosial. Selain itu, keterlibatan orang tua yang aktif dalam pendidikan menumbuhkan kemitraan kolaboratif antara lingkungan rumah dan sekolah, yang memperkuat pengalaman belajar sosial anak-anak (Lee et al, 2020;Sitorus & Nurhafizah, 2023e;Yao, 2023b).…”

Local Examination in Child Custody Disputes: Judges’ Efforts to Find the Best Interests of the Child

“…The family environment is the first environment experienced by the child and thus has implications for the child's health (Lee et al, 2020). Parents play a role in providing opportunities to develop the child's confidence with various choices in life so that the child can fully experience the consequences of the choices they make.…”