Journal article
Aggression at age 5 as a function of prenatal exposure to cocaine, gender, and environmental risk
Journal of pediatric psychology, v 31(1)
Jan 2006
PMID: 15827351
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Abstract
To examine childhood aggression at age 5 in a multiple risk model that includes cocaine exposure, environmental risk, and gender as predictors.
Aggression was assessed in 206 children by using multiple methods including teacher report, parent report, child's response to hypothetical provocations, and child's observed behavior. Also examined was a composite score that reflected high aggression across contexts.
Multiple regression analyses indicated that a significant amount of variance in each of the aggression measures and the composite was explained by the predictors. The variables that were independently related differed depending on the outcome. Cocaine exposure, gender, and environmental risk were all related to the composite aggression score.
Cocaine exposure, being male, and a high-risk environment were all predictive of aggressive behavior at 5 years. It is this group of exposed boys at high environmental risk that is most likely to show continued aggression over time.
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- Title
- Aggression at age 5 as a function of prenatal exposure to cocaine, gender, and environmental risk
- Creators
- Margaret Bendersky - Institute for the Study of Child Development, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey 08903, USA.David Bennett - Drexel UniversityMichael Lewis - Foundation for Child Development
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, v 31(1)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Grant note
- R01 DA007109 / NIDA NIH HHS DA07109 / NIDA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000234218600008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-29444436976
- Other Identifier
- 991019168158904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental