APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Cognitive Control Moderates the Association Between Risk Processing and Health Risk Behaviors Via Perceived Stress
- Toria Herd
Virginia Tech - Dominique Maciejewski
Virginia Tech - Nina Lauharatanahirun
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute - Jacob Lee
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute - Kirby Deater-Deckard
University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Brooks King-Casas
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute - Jungmeen Kim-Spoon
Virginia Tech
Abstract
We examined the interaction between neural correlates of risk processing and cognitive control on adolescent perceived stress and health risk behaviors (HRBs). The association between risk processing and HRBs was mediated by stress. However, the association between risk processing and stress was only significant for adolescents with low cognitive control.
Adolescent