Risk-Taking

Authors

• Ty W. Boyer, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
• James P. Byrnes, Temple UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

5-24-2016

Publication Title

The Encyclopedia of Adolescence

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_15-2

ISBN

978-3-319-32132-5

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.

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Recommended Citation

Boyer, Ty W., James P. Byrnes. 2016. "Risk-Taking." The Encyclopedia of Adolescence (2nd), Roger J.R. Levesque (Ed.): 1-5 New York, NY: Springer. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_15-2 source: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_15-2 isbn: 978-3-319-32132-5
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/psych-facpubs/110

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