Adolescent risk-taking behavior

Tonkin, Roger S.

doi:10.1016/0197-0070(87)90269-5

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“…But even when the evaluation of the risk involved is equal between the two groups, high-sensation seekers are likely to anticipate more positive potential outcomes than low-sensation seekers. Sensation-seeking has been associated with risk-taking behaviors such as substance abuse, reckless motor vehicle use, and delinquency (Andrucci, Archer, Pancoast, & Gordon, 1989;Newcomb & McGee, 1991;Tonkin, 1987;Zuckerman, 1991). Interestingly, sensation-seeking has been linked to a number of biological markers including electrodermal and heart rate responses, cortical evoked potentials, and testosterone levels (Zuckerman, 1990).…”

Section: Psychology Cognition and Risk-taking Behaviormentioning

confidence: 98%

Theories of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior

Igra

Irwin

1996

Issues in Clinical Child Psychology

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Section: Psychology Cognition and Risk-taking Behaviormentioning

confidence: 98%

Theories of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior

Igra

Irwin

1996

Issues in Clinical Child Psychology

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“…The paradigm of risk is described in the following section using three general explanatory approaches: dispositional, ecological, or biological bases for risk‐taking behavior 10–13 . These distinctions are not clearly demarcated since theories often borrow from more than one of these approaches.…”

Section: Risk‐taking Behavior: a Definitionmentioning

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Risk‐taking Behavior in Adolescents: The Paradigm^a

Irwin

Igra

Eyre

et al. 1997

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…Clearly, many risky behaviors in which adolescents engage are perceived to be both beneficial and hazardous. For example, although driving a car brings with it important social advantages, vehicular accidents are the leading cause of death among adolescents (Tonkin, 1987). Few studies have included a sufficiently wide range of behaviors necessary to adequately characterize risk taking in adolescents.…”

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Adolescents' Perceptions of the Benefits and Risks of Their Own Risk Taking

Siegel

Cousins

Rubovits

et al. 1994

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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Currently, there is much interest in the extent to which adolescents engage in risk-taking behavior (RTB), particularly drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and having unprotected sex. However, there is little research on adolescents' perceptions of the benefits and consequences of these and other risk-taking behaviors, or how these perceptions are related to their behavioral involvement. College students were chosen for this study specifically because older adolescents (a) engage in a wide variety of RTBs and (b) have been relatively understudied with regard to RTBs. Using the Risk Involvement and Perception Scale (RIPS) (Parsons, Siegel, & Cousins, in press), researchers asked 26 adolescents ages 18 years to 21 years on two occasions (2 weeks apart) to rate their involvement in and perceptions of the risks and benefits of 19 behaviors representing a wide range of behavioral health risks. The RIPS was developed, pilot tested, and found to be highly reliable and internally consistent. Subjects reported a wide range of involvement across the behaviors. In general, subjects' perceived benefits were strongly and positively related to their reported involvements; their perceived risks were negatively and less strongly related. A factor analysis of the subjects' involvement yielded six independent clusters of risk-taking behaviors: alcohol use, illegal drug use, sexual activity, stereotypical male behaviors, imprudent behaviors, and socially acceptable behaviors. In regression analyses, perceived benefits accounted for most of the variance in subjects' involvement in these clusters of behaviors. Results are discussed in the context of current theories of adolescent risk taking.

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Adolescent risk-taking behavior

Cited by 53 publications

References 30 publications

Theories of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior

Theories of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior

Risk‐taking Behavior in Adolescents: The Paradigm^a

Adolescents' Perceptions of the Benefits and Risks of Their Own Risk Taking

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Risk‐taking Behavior in Adolescents: The Paradigma

Adolescents' Perceptions of the Benefits and Risks of Their Own Risk Taking

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