Sentences with phrase «exposure to these risk behaviors»

Dartmouth researchers find that the TV rating system for sex, violence and substance use ineffectively helps parents limit their children's exposure to these risk behaviors.

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Genetic / epigenetic knowledge is important for determining whether there are at - risk women for negative postpartum mood or poor mothering behaviors after exposure to certain birth interventions or birth experiences affecting the oxytocin system.

But exposure to the parasite does appear to «raise the risk for aggressive behavior,» and more research is needed to determine whether the link is causal, and what, if any, the underlying biological mechanism may be, he said.

First responders were able to contain fire spread or «box in» much of the fire because they effectively assessed fire behavior, exposure risks to structures from fire and embers, and potential responses by structures to the changing conditions.

The study also looked at the association between past year frequency of both, heroin - related risk behaviors, and exposure to heroin availability.

the offices of NCI staff who analyze data to identify behaviors, exposures, or other factors that influence cancer risk or cancer outcomes

In its review of close to a decade of research, the American Psychological Association has found that exposure to violent video games serves as a risk factor for aggressive behavior.

Major current projects include 1) Evaluating pesticide exposure and risk to wild bees and managed honey bees in different landscapes, 2) Combining empirical data with network modeling to understand pathogen transmission in complex plant - pollinator networks, and 3) Understanding how pesticide and pathogen stress influence bee behavior and delivery of pollination services to agriculturally important crops.

«Although sophisticated statistical testing did indeed demonstrate an increased risk for behavior and emotional problems following prenatal exposure to acetaminophen, it is important to remember that the overwhelming majority of children exposed prenatally to acetaminophen do not end up having any of these behavioral or emotional problems,» Adesman said.

Teachers can also take note of these risk factors for teen suicide, as listed by the CDC: a history of previous suicide attempts, depression, or other mental illness; a family history of suicide; alcohol or drug abuse; a stressful life event or loss; easy access to lethal methods; exposure to the suicidal behavior of others; and incarceration.

Protective factors are research - based predictors of positive youth development and healthy behaviors that buffer children's exposure to risk factors.

Increasingly veterinarians are advising clients that delayed exposure to a variety of people, animals and environments results in behavior problems that kills more dogs than the risk of disease.

In its review of close to a decade of research, the American Psychological Association has found that exposure to violent video games serves as a risk factor for aggressive behavior.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.

We did not examine the relationship between childhood exposure to suicidal behaviors among household members and personal suicide attempts because it was impossible to separate genetic vs environmental (experiential) contributions to the risk of suicide attempts.

Individual risk factors for perpetration include alcohol and drug use, delinquency, empathic deficits, general aggressiveness and acceptance of violence, early sexual initiation, coercive sexual fantasies, preference for impersonal sex and sexual - risk taking, exposure to sexually explicit media, hostility towards women, adherence to traditional gender role norms, hyper - masculinity, suicidal behavior, and prior sexual victimization or perpetration.

Though there are numerous putative risk factors, many of which overlap, certain of them are particularly salient or even unique to females.65 In addition, some analysts have noted an apparent «gender paradox»: despite the lower prevalence of exposure to risk factors among females in general, those girls who are clinically referred show more severe behavior problems than boys.66

Based on prior empirical and theoretical work, this study investigated the following hypotheses: (1) maternal exposure to IPV will be associated with higher odds of obesity at age 5 years in their children; (2) maternal exposure to IPV will be associated with feeding practices and behaviors that elevate risk for childhood obesity; and (3) maternal perception of lower neighborhood safety will increase the effect of IPV on childhood obesity risk.

In addition to acting as a physiological trigger for the disease, community violence can also impact health behaviors and exposure to other unknown environmental risk factors.

In particular, exposure to an abusive marriage puts children at risk for poor academic performance, drug use, self - destructive behaviors and suicidal tendencies.

She is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to develop an intervention to reduce dating violence and sexual risk behaviors among adolescent girls with prior dating violence exposure.

These results are consistent with the conclusion that reckless driving in movies directly impacted adolescent future reckless driving practices, whereas frequent overall screen exposure may have stimulated reckless driving through exposure to a variety of other risk - taking behaviors such as excessive drinking, movie violence and their cumulative impact on sensation seeking tendencies [35], [62] Previous research indicates that adolescents who frequently watch R - rated movies, rated such for portraying higher levels of risk taking behavior and violence [35] show increases in sensation seeking over time [63].

Importantly, these experimental studies demonstrated a link from exposure to risk — positive cognitions, emotions and risk - taking behaviors [21].

Although not specifically tested, these findings are in line with early socio - cognitive models of learning through experience or observation [22], [55] the notion that repeated exposure to risk - glorifying media may instigate risk taking behaviors by the activation of positive risk - related cognitions, beliefs and behavioral scripts [23] and additionally, through changes in the self - concept related to risk - tasking [21].

RRFT is an integrative, ecologically informed, and exposure - based approach to addressing co-occurring symptoms of PTSD (and other mental health problems), substance use problems, and other risk behaviors often experienced by trauma - exposed adolescents.

It is worth taking into account the possible role of environmental risks factors for both aggressive behaviors and depressive disorder, especially those for which males and females differ (for instance exposure to adverse life events)[16, 28, 29].

Results: Among both overweight males and females, risk factors for disordered eating included exposure to weight loss magazine articles, higher weight importance, and unhealthy weight control behaviors, while family connectedness, body satisfaction, and regular meals were protective factors, although there were some differences in predictors of prevalence (total cases) versus incidence (new cases) of disordered eating.

Therefore, the current data demonstrate that exposure to parental loyalty conflict behaviors and low self - esteem can also increase an adult's risk of psychological distress.

Exposure to violence during adolescence is associated with increased risk behaviors and mental health problems in adulthood.

This study examines the contribution of specific types of family violence exposure (e.g., victim vs. witness; physical vs. psychological) to aggressive and anxious / depressed problem behaviors in young (i.e., 6 - year - old) at - risk children.

In either case, however, regulation and self - control are not fully developed until adulthood, and adolescence — as compared to childhood — is a period of heightened risk due to increased opportunities and exposure to contexts of drug use and other risky behaviors (e.g., deviant peer networks [58]-RRB-.

Based on these mixed results and limitations in generalizability, more studies are needed with (a) adequate controls for key socioeconomic and family composition factors known to be associated with behavior problems in children, (b) early assessment of temperament, (c) samples that include higher risk children (e.g., low - income families, children with health problems, etc.), and (d) controls for behavior problems that predate the exposure to recent family conflict.

It is also possible that positive parenting behaviors decrease children's health risk (e.g., by reducing stress, avoiding exposure to infection, or reducing opportunities for injury) resulting in fewer illnesses and reducing the child's need for health care.

These findings suggest that exposure to potential risk factors during the course of a patient's life may increase the development of specifically internalizing behavior problems in older children and adolescents with CHD.

Goodman and Gotlib (1999) proposed an integrative model of the transmission of risk for children of mothers with depressive symptoms, identifying the following mechanisms: (1) heritability of depression, (2) dysfunctional neuroregulatory mechanisms, (3) exposure to negative maternal cognitions, behaviors, and affect, and (4) the stressful context of the children's lives.

In a situation involving a risky exchange rate, the most conservative option could be retaining the status quo and recycling the money that's already in the U.S. Arguments for more conservative behavior include Deutsche Bank's sizeable London exposure and the International Monetary Fund's report last week stating that, among global systemically important banks, Deutsche «appears to be the most important net contributor to systemic risks.»