high-risk environment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhigh-riskandenvironment
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high-risk
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/us/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/
involving a greater than usual amount ...
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environment
noun
uk/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofhigh-riskandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, they are better prepared for thehigh-riskenvironmentthat they are likely to face as they continue to develop.
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Emotion-specific socialization of children adapting to ahigh-riskenvironmenthas not been examined.
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Vast numbers of farming households live in an exceptionallyhigh-riskenvironmentin which basic survival is a day-to-day uncertainty.
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Furthermore, they are more often subjected to higher risk procedures and spend more time hospitalized in ahigh-riskenvironment.
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Low-risk environments may offset the expression of vulnerability, while high-risk environments increase the probability of maladaptation.
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Hence, they are better prepared to successfully navigate the sometimes negative, hostile context of peer relations often encountered in high-risk environments.
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That is, most of the high-risk environments of interest to developmentalists and clinicians, such as maltreatment or severe poverty, are, in the majority of cases, continuous.
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Rat pups reared in high-risk environments where normal maternal behaviors are compromised have more reactive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical responses, and are therefore more fearful and wary.
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The practitioners are developmental specialists who create relationships with youth, teachers, and families in high-risk environments and serve triage functions to existing community and health care institutions.
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Resilience research attempts to provide more information on the individual differences in children's responses to high-risk environments and experiences.
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On the other hand, it may reflect a decline in manufacturing industry that has resulted in fewer people working in high-risk environments.
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Our governments must indeed give priority to high-risk environments.
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It is also vital to include measures targeting high-risk environments, such as prisons.
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In these high-risk environments, the participants do not have the ability to abstain or enter into a faithful monogamous relationship.
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