Author Question: Research into risk and protective factors requires large samples of children be studied and multiple ... (Read 89 times)

jazziefee · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Research into risk and protective factors requires large samples of children be studied and multiple areas of functioning be assessed over long periods of time because ____.

a. the areas of child functioning that will be affected are known in advance
b. a high percentage of children who are at risk will develop the disorder
c. the ages at which a disorder may occur or reoccur is not known in advance
d. the risk and protective factor processes take years to develop

Question 2

A variable that precedes an outcome of interest and decreases the chances that the negative outcome will occur is a(n) ____.

a. predictive factor
b. risk factor
c. epidemiological factor
d. protective factor