APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Physiological and Contextual Contributions to Regulation of Risk-Taking Propensity in Early Adolescents from a Ghanaian Cohort
- Brandon Hayes
University of California Davis - Charles Arnold
University of California Davis - Eben Adjetey
University of Ghana - Benjamin Amponsah
University of Ghana - Helena Bentil
University of Rhode Island - Adom Manu
University of Ghana - Mavis Mensah
University of Ghana - Brietta Oaks
University of Rhode Island - Maku Ocansey
CDC Foundation - Kathryn Dewey
University of California Davis - Helena Nti
University of Ghana - Fatimah Ayete Labi
University of Ghana - Seth Adu-Afarwuah
University of Ghana - Paul Hastings
University of California, Davis - Amanda Guyer
University of California Davis
Abstract
This study tests the downstream effects of prenatal/infant lipid-based nutrition supplementation and early childhood home enrichment on physiological regulation of behavioral responses to challenges in 966 youths (467 boys; aged 9-11 years) from Ghana. Study results have implications for low-cost interventions to improve psychophysiological functioning of children in low-income countries.
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