Sentences with phrase «predicting health risk behaviors»

The Authoritative Parenting Index: predicting health risk behaviors among children and adolescents.

In the current pilot study (N = 45 youth), we investigate whether psychobiological divergence of neuroendocrine and self - reported reactivity in middle childhood prospectively predicts health risk behaviors (HRBs) in adolescence.

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Other commercial scoring models, which also may accurately predict risk of nonpayment and gauge a consumer's credit health and behavior, are widely available on the Internet.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.

The tendency for number of ACEs to predict health - risk behaviors and / or negative health outcomes has been reported in a number of subsequent studies as well, including those with more diverse samples than in the original investigation (e.g., Anderson & Blosnich, 2013; Mersky et al., 2013; Schilling, Aseltine, & Gore, 2007).

Notwithstanding these gender - specific risk and protective factors, in most cases, the same factors — ADHD, negative temperament, impulsivity, compromised intelligence — predict antisocial behavior in both males and females, as suggested by the substantial overlap shown in figure 4.99 Although some analysts have argued the need to concentrate on the commonalities in predictors of male and female offending, it is also important to note the areas in which risk factors differ by gender.100 Even if the differences between male and female offenders are confined to only a few key areas, the differences in these areas — for example, sensitivity to victimization, timing of onset of persistent offending, prevalence of mental health problems — can be substantial and can profoundly influence the effectiveness of risk assessments and treatment programs.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prenatal and postnatal mechanisms by which maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predict the early development of their offspring, specifically via biological (maternal health risk in pregnancy, infant health risk at birth) and psychosocial risk (maternal stress during and after pregnancy, as well as hostile behavior in early infancy).

This allowed for an examination of the utility of the same risk models across different health - risk outcomes to determine whether models predict specific outcomes or general risk behavior.

Low levels of parental monitoring have consistently predicted a variety of health risks across child developmental periods, including accidental injuries in young children (Morrongiello, Corbell, McCourt, & Johnston, 2006; Peterson & Brown, 1994) and substance abuse (Chilcoat & Anthony, 1996; Dishion & McMahon, 1998; Li, Stanton, & Feigelman, 2000), delinquency (Griffin, Botvin, Scheier, Diaz, & Miller, 2000; Pettit, Bates, Dodge, & Meece, 1999), risky sexual behavior (French & Dishion, 2003; Rose et al., 2005), and academic failure in older children and adolescents (Rodgers & Rose, 2001).