Positive Risk Taking in Adolescence

Adolescence: a time of risk taking.

Motives for risk-taking in adolescence: a cross-cultural study.

Most research on adolescent risk-taking has been conducted in Western societies, but it is as yet unknown whether motives to engage in risk behaviours show cultural variety. This study sets out to investigate differences in perceived motives to engage in perceived risks in Turkish and Welsh samples of young people (N=922) between 14 and 20 years of age. For this, a measurement scale to assess m...

The Personal Fable and Risk-Taking in Early Adolescence

Elkind’s (1967) theory of adolescent egocentrism proposes two distinct, but related, constructs – the imaginary audience and the personal fable. A corollary to the imaginary audience, the personal fable (PF) yields a sense of invulnerability and speciality commonly associated with behavioral risk-taking. When regarded as a developmental phenomenon, risk-taking is thought to be the result of cog...

PT736. Early Menarche and Risk Taking Behavior in Korean Adolescence

Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the association between early menarche and risk-taking behavior in a representative sample of Korean adolescent students. Methods: Data were drawn from cross-sectional, national and representative sample of 33,829 female adolescents (grades 7–12) based on the 2014 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Logistic regression analysis was conduct...

Risk-taking behaviour in adolescence: a literature review.

This article gives a review of the literature outlining risk-taking behaviour in the adolescent population, linking this to developmental tasks. The review includes reference to health, peers, parenting, self-esteem and quality of life issues. A theoretical overview of the research area in general is presented and links to social and society issues. The possible causes of risk-taking, including...