Age patterns in risk taking across the world

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...

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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
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.psychology-faculty-pubs-11602020-07-01T03:23:33Z Age patterns in risk taking across the world 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 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. 2017-10-19T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/161 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-017-0752-y Psychology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Adolescents Risk taking Development Cross-national Developmental Psychology Psychology
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topic Adolescents
Risk taking
Development
Cross-national
Developmental Psychology
Psychology
spellingShingle Adolescents
Risk taking
Development
Cross-national
Developmental Psychology
Psychology
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
Age patterns in risk taking across the world
description 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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author 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
author_facet 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
author_sort Duell, Natasha
title Age patterns in risk taking across the world
title_short Age patterns in risk taking across the world
title_full Age patterns in risk taking across the world
title_fullStr Age patterns in risk taking across the world
title_full_unstemmed Age patterns in risk taking across the world
title_sort age patterns in risk taking across the world
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2017
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/161
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-017-0752-y
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