ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2019
Residential Greenspace Association with Childhood Behavioral Outcomes.
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- Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- Neighborhood Characteristics and Mental Health From Childhood to Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Elementary Classroom Views of Nature Are Associated with Lower Child Externalizing Behavior Problems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Association between Physical Environment and Externalising Problems in Typically Developing and Neurodiverse Children and Young People: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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- Associations between neighborhood built, social, or toxicant conditions and child externalizing behaviors in the Detroit metro area: a cross-sectional study of the neighborhood 'exposome'.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Residential greenness, asthma, and lung function among children at high risk of allergic sensitization: a prospective cohort study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
- From Childhood Residential Green space to Adult Mental Wellbeing: A Pathway Analysis among Chinese Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Exploring the Potential Relationship Between Global Greenness and DALY Loss Due to Depressive Disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Early life exposure to greenness and executive function and behavior: An application of inverse probability weighting of marginal structural models.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021Article
- GPS-based built environment measures associated with adult physical activity.Health & place · 2021Article
- Identifying sensitive windows of airborne lead exposure associated with behavioral outcomes at age 12.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2021Article
- Residential surrounding greenness and self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescents.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the relationship between greenspace exposure and childhood internalizing and externalizing behaviors. STUDY
designWe analyzed data from the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study, an ongoing prospective birth cohort. Greenspace exposure was estimated based on children's addresses using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) images. Neurobehavioral outcomes were assessed using the Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition. Regression models adjusted for neighborhood deprivation, maternal education, race, and sex assessed the risk for problematic internalizing and externalizing behaviors at residential greenspace buffers of 200, 400, and 800 m.
resultsThere were 562 and 313 children in our age 7- and 12-year analyses, respectively. At age 7 years, a 0.1-unit increase in NDVI was associated with decreased conduct scores (β = -1.10, 95% CI [-2.14, -0.06], 200 m). At age 12 years, a 0.1-unit increase in NDVI was associated with a decrease in anxiety scores (β = -1.83, 95% CI [-3.44, -0.22], 800 m), decreased depression scores (β = -1.36, 95% CI [-2.61, -0.12], 200 m), and decreased somatization scores (β = -1.83, 95% CI [-3.22, -0.44], 200 m).
conclusionsThis study provides evidence that increased exposure to residential greenspace is associated with reduced youth's problematic internal and external behaviors, measured by Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition, at ages 7 and 12 years. Improved understanding of this mechanism could allow for implementation of neighborhood-level approaches for reducing the risk for childhood behavioral problems.
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