Interaction of reward seeking and self-regulation in the prediction of risk taking: A cross-national test of the dual systems model.

• Main Authors: Duell, Natasha, Steinberg, Laurence, Chein, Jason, Al-Hassan, Suha M, Bacchini, Dario, Chang, Lei, Chaudhary, Nandita, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A, Fanti, Kostas A, Lansford, Jennifer E, Malone, Patrick S, Oburu, Paul, Pastorelli, Concetta, Skinner, Ann T, Sorbring, Emma, Tapanya, Sombat, Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe, Alampay, Liane Peña
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Child Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/56; https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-42918-001
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M = 17.05 years, SD = 5.91) from 11 countries. We examine whether reward seeking and self-regulation make independent, additive, or interactive c...