Environmental Determinants of Aggression in Adolescents: Role of Urban Neighborhood Greenspace.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Neighborhood greenspace improves mental health of urban-dwelling populations, but its putative neurobehavioral benefits in adolescents remain unclear. We conducted a prospective study on urban-dwelling adolescents to examine the association between greenspace in residential neighborhood and aggressive behaviors.

Method

Participants (n = 1,287) of the Risk Factors for Antisocial Behavior Study, a multi-ethnic cohort of twins and triplets born in 1990 to 1995 and living in Southern California, were examined in 2000 to 2012 (aged 9-18 years) with repeated assessments of their aggressive behaviors by the parent-reported Child Behavior Checklist. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from satellite imagery was used as a proxy for residential neighborhood

SUBMITTER: Younan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4924128 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature