As per a recent study. "Stressful environments are shown to make adolescents seek immediate rewards rather than delayed rewards, but there are also adolescents who are in stressful environments who are not impulsive," said lead author Linhao Zhang, a fourth-year doctoral student in UGA's College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Using information from 11,858 children from 9-10 years old, the …
It's well-known that sleep is important for children’s overall health and impacts their mood and energy. The findings show that sufficient sleep can also reduce the negative impact of stressful environments on children’s behaviour and help them not do things impulsively. The study also shows how low-cost interventions help the psychological development of children who face stressful environments at home. …
