Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World

• Main Authors: Duell, Natasha, Steinberg, Laurence, Icenogle, Grace, Chein, Jason, Chaudhary, Nandita, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A, Fanti, Kostas A, Lansford, Jennifer E, Oburu, Paul, Pastorelli, Concetta, Skinner, Ann T, Sorbring, Emma, Tapanya, Sombat, Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe, Alampay, Liane Peña, Al-Hassan, Suha M, Takash, Hanan M S, Bacchini, Dario, Chang, Lei
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Adolescents; Risk taking; Development; Cross-national; Child Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/60; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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 pro...