Risk-Taking

Ty W. Boyer, James P. Byrnes

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Abstract

Research has examined a wide range of factors that are associated with adolescent risk-taking, drawn from across academic subdisciplines. These factors and their role in adolescent risk-taking tend to be examined in isolation of other factors, which poses problems for gaining a clear understanding of adolescent risk-taking. The present essay reviews a number of these factors – specifically, social-contextual influences, cognitive and affective decision-making tendencies, impulsivity, sensation seeking, and sex differences – and organizes them within an opportunity-propensity framework. The implications of this approach for risk-taking interventions are briefly discussed.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Encyclopedia of Adolescence
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

Disciplines

  • Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Psychology

Keywords

  • Risk-taking

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