heightened risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheightenandrisk
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heighten
verb[I or T]
uk/ˈhaɪ.tən/us/ˈhaɪ.t̬ən/
to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofheightenandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofheightened risk
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Selective interventions are targeted to individuals who are atheightenedriskfor a mental disorder.
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Identifying endophenotypes of schizophrenia will assist in the identification of individuals who are atheightenedriskfor the disorder.
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In summary, studies of children in foster care suggest that this population is at significantlyheightenedriskfor behavior problems.
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Negative emotions and peer victimization place boys and girls atheightenedriskfor victimization may also vary.
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At least two mechanisms may account for theheightenedriskfor internalizing symptoms associated with having two alcoholic parents.
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If anything, the experiment indicates theirheightenedrisk-aversion in conditions of uncertainty, underscoring appeal to risk-aversion behind the veil.
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Additionally, however, our results suggest that the existence of multiple deficits in these domains place children atheightenedriskfor aggressive interactions.
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Another possibility is that a deficit in emotion attribution accuracy by itself does not constitute substantiallyheightenedriskfor aggressive interactions.
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These findings indicate that most maltreated children were atheightenedriskfor internalizing problems based on the additive effects of both low income and maltreatment.
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Thus, the boys were considered to be atheightenedriskfor later delinquency when compared to others in the same region.
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The cortical connections that are being established and refined during the period (or periods) of disruption may also be at aheightenedriskfor aberrant development.
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According to this model, extended growth before reproduction results in larger size which enhances fecundity, but also entails aheightenedriskof death prior to reproduction.
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Perceptions ofheightenedrisk, par ticularly if accompanied by heightened irritability or wariness, may strengthen the emotional connection between the marital and the parent- child subsystem.
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Thus, among children known to be atheightenedriskfor developing schizophrenia because one or both parents are afflicted, taxometric methods can pinpoint those individuals of particular vulnerability.
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Evidence for a stress-sensitization effect in prepubertal boys was not consistent with our hypotheses concerning theheightenedriskassociated with puberty and with being a girl.
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They sought to restrict movement countrywide by identifying areas with aheightenedrisk.
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Indeed, the committee was mindful that separating the components would leave children atheightenedriskand recommended against that practice.
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Theheightenedriskof one infected donor spreading disease in such a way is, as she said, obvious.
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According to the diathesis-stress model, those atheightenedriskor with a vulnerable predisposition would be more adversely affected by a major event than those at lower levels of risk.
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More than half the new infections are among 15 to-year-olds, and we know that women and girls have aheightenedriskof infection.
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Theheightenedriskof female health and safety makes them vulnerable to disease, violence and death.
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These negative effects include lower levels of school achievement,heightenedrisk-taking behaviours, and higher levels of aggression in boys.
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They highlight how vulnerable communities faceheightenedriskof exposures to toxic chemicals and how action is needed to protect people and the planet.
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Thus, whatever the actual likelihood of being the target of litigation, many increasingly believe themselves to be atheightenedriskof being unfairly sued.
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Olanzapine is associated with weight gain which according to recent studies may put olanzapine-treated patients' offspring at aheightenedriskfor neural tube defects (e.g. spina bifida).
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