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

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 591-601

  Younan, Diana ^a   Tuvblad, Catherine ^a,b   Li, Lianfa ^a   Wu, Jun ^c   Lurmann, Fred ^d   Franklin, Meredith ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^a   McConnell, Rob ^a   Wu, Anna H ^a   Baker, Laura A ^a   Chen, Jiu Chiuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Örebro University   (Sweden)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; aggression; environment; epidemiology; greenspace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENSPACE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; TWINS; URBAN AREA; RECREATIONAL PARK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84988857223     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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