Abstract
The current study examined the utility of behavioral measures of risk-taking propensity in the assessment of self-reported real-world risk-taking behaviors using a sample of 51 high-school-aged inner-city adolescents. Results indicated that performance on one behavioral measure, the balloon analogue risk task, accounted for unique variance in self-reported delinquency/safety risk behaviors as well as substance use risk behaviors, above and beyond that provided with demographics and self-report measures of risk-related constructs (i.e., impulsivity and sensation seeking). These results are discussed in relation to the potential utility of using a multimethod assessment approach for better understanding risk-taking vulnerability among adolescents.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-228 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Behaviour Research and Therapy |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2005 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Assessment
- Prevention
- Risk-taking behaviors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health