Cornell researchers find a strong community protects adolescents from risky health behaviour

Friday, February 4, 2011 - 11:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Growing up poor increases a person's likelihood of health problems as an adult, but a new study led by a Cornell University environmental psychologist shows that being raised in a tight-knit community can help offset this disadvantage of poverty...

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