ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2018
Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World.
Article in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 140 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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140 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Meta-analysis and review of functional neuroimaging differences underlying adolescent vulnerability to substance use.NeuroImage · 2020Pooled it
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- Disentangling the dynamic directional associations between positive and negative risk-taking behaviors and academic development in adolescents: a four-wave longitudinal analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- ADHD Characteristics Are Linked to Divergent Risk-Taking Behaviors.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Article
- Anxiety and Age, but Not OCD Diagnosis, Predict Infection-Preventive Behaviours in Adolescents During COVID-19.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Investigating changes in vape use among Canadian youth from 2014 to 2022.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Co-occurrence of lifestyle and mental health issues in adolescents: A cross-sectional study of the YouthCHAT cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Connectome-based predictive modeling of concurrent and longitudinal substance use vulnerability in adolescence.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Age-Related Patterns in Child-to-Parent Violence Across Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- [Youth mental health: early detection and early intervention of mental disorders].Der Nervenarzt · 2026Review
- Predicting Substance Use in Young Adults: The Role of Childhood Adversity.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Polydrug overdose mortality caused by synthetic opioids and stimulants: current sex- and age-specific trajectories in United States national data for 2018-2024.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- The Development of Risky Decision Making in Adolescents at Risk of Developmental Language Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Parental Influence on Adolescent Gambling: the Role of Communication, Rules, and Social Support.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Cyberbullying Victimisation as a Mediator Between Social Media Use and Emotional Problems Among Elementary School Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Chimpanzee locomotor risk-taking points to the importance of parental and alloparental supervision in humans.iScience · 2026Article
- Borderline personality disorder symptoms moderate the effect of risk-legitimizing beliefs on risky motorcycle riding among Thai university students.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Quality of life and associated factors 1 year after road traffic injuries in Ethiopia.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- The influence of stress, social support and feminine values on the health behaviour of women in Hong Kong.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Epidemiological data indicate that risk behaviors are among the leading causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality worldwide. Consistent with this, laboratory-based studies of age differences in risk behavior allude to a peak in adolescence, suggesting that adolescents demonstrate a heightened propensity, or inherent inclination, to take risks. Unlike epidemiological reports, studies of risk taking propensity have been limited to Western samples, leaving questions about the extent to which heightened risk taking propensity is an inherent or culturally constructed aspect of adolescence. In the present study, age patterns in risk-taking propensity (using two laboratory tasks: the Stoplight and the BART) and real-world risk taking (using self-reports of health and antisocial risk taking) were examined in a sample of 5227 individuals (50.7% female) ages 10-30 (M = 17.05 years, SD = 5.91) from 11 Western and non-Western countries (China, Colombia, Cyprus, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the US). Two hypotheses were tested: (1) risk taking follows an inverted-U pattern across age groups, peaking earlier on measures of risk taking propensity than on measures of real-world risk taking, and (2) age patterns in risk taking propensity are more consistent across countries than age patterns in real-world risk taking. Overall, risk taking followed the hypothesized inverted-U pattern across age groups, with health risk taking evincing the latest peak. Age patterns in risk taking propensity were more consistent across countries than age patterns in real-world risk taking. Results suggest that although the association between age and risk taking is sensitive to measurement and culture, around the world, risk taking is generally highest among late adolescents.
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