Journal article
Preadolescent health risk behavior as a function of prenatal cocaine exposure and gender
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, v 28(6), pp 467-472
01 Dec 2007
PMID: 18091092
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Abstract
Objective: To examine the effect of prenatal cocaine exposure on health risk behaviors during preadolescence. Methods: The present study examined prenatal cocaine exposure, gender, and environmental risk as predictors of self-reported substance use, aggression, and a disregard for safety precautions on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in a sample of 10.5 year olds (n = 154, including 60 who were prenatally exposed to cocaine). Results: Gender tended to moderate the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure because exposure effects were found for boys but not girls. Boys who were prenatally exposed to cocaine reported engaging in more high-risk behavior. In examining individual outcomes, cocaine exposed boys had the highest scores for aggression, substance use, and a disregard for safety precautions, although these differences were significant only for the composite health risk behavior measure. Conclusions: The findings extend earlier work showing that prenatal cocaine exposure places boys at risk for problems of inhibitory control, emotional regulation, and antisocial behavior. Research is needed to examine whether the effects of prenatal cocaine on health risk behaviors persist into adolescence, when such behaviors tend to increase.
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- Title
- Preadolescent health risk behavior as a function of prenatal cocaine exposure and gender
- Creators
- David Bennett - Drexel UniversityMargaret Bendersky - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyMichael Lewis - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Pediatrics, Institute for the Study of Child Development
- Publication Details
- Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, v 28(6), pp 467-472
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- DA07109 / NIDA NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) R01DA007109 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); European Commission
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000251581100007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-37349060651
- Other Identifier
- 991019168613604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Behavioral Sciences
- Pediatrics
- Psychology, Developmental