Citation

Furr-Holden CD, Milam AJ, Reynolds EK, Macpherson L, Lejuez CW. J. Adolesc. Health 2012; 50(1): 100-102.

Affiliation

Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.04.008

PMID

22188842

PMCID

PMC3245513

Abstract

PURPOSE/METHODS: To investigate the relationship between childhood neighborhood environment and risk-taking propensity in adolescence by using an objective environmental measure and a laboratory-based risk-taking propensity measure. RESULTS: Childhood neighborhood disorder predicted risk-taking propensity on a behavioral measure during early adolescence (β = 1.8, p < .01). CONCLUSION: Early toxic environments affect laboratory-based behavioral manifestations of risk.

Language: en