Disordered Neighborhood Environments and Risk-Taking Propensity in Late Childhood through Adolescence

Purpose/Methods To investigate the relationship between childhood neighborhood environment and risk-taking propensity in adolescence by using an objective environmental measure and a laboratory-based risk-taking propensity measure. Results Childhood neighborhood disorder predicted risk-taking propensity on a behavioral measure during early adolescence ( β = 1.8, p Conclusion Early toxic environments affect laboratory-based behavioral manifestations of risk.