Expectations of Social Consequences Impact Anticipated Involvement in Health‐Risk Behavior During Adolescence

Andrews, Jack L; Mills, Kathryn L.; Flournoy, John C.; Flannery, Jessica; Mobasser, Arian; Ross, Garrett; Durnin, Maureen; Peake, Shannon J.; Fisher, Philip A.; Pfeifer, Jennifer H.

doi:10.1111/jora.12576

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“…With respect to the multiple regression models, all models of risk context of the ERS, except for the risk-perception model in female adolescents, predicted engagement in risktaking behaviors, in line with previous research (e.g., MacPherson et al, 2010;Andrews et al, 2020Altikriti et al, 2021. More specifically, the context of expected benefits in the evolutionary domains was the model which explained the highest variance of risk-taking behaviors, both in female and male adolescents, as it has been found in previous research (Cauffman et al, 2010;Mantzouranis and Zimmermann, 2010).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Nevertheless, expected benefits in risk-taking behaviors is more strongly associated with the engagement in these behaviors than risk perception in adolescents ( Cauffman et al, 2010 ; Mantzouranis and Zimmermann, 2010 ). In fact, expected benefits predict engagement in risk-taking behaviors like drinking and smoking, sexual risk-taking, financial risk-taking, illicit substance use, and criminal activities (e.g., shoplifting, forgery and buying illegal drugs) ( Parsons et al, 2000 ; Goldberg et al, 2002 ; Dhami and Mandel, 2012 ; Reniers et al, 2017 ; Carlson and Duckworth, 2019 ; Andrews et al, 2020 ; Hammond et al, 2020 ). Finally, risk-propensity has also been associated with higher engagement in risk-taking behaviors like substance use, unsafe sexual behavior, reckless driving, or delinquency in adolescents ( Lejuez et al, 2003 , 2007 ; Aklin et al, 2005 ; MacPherson et al, 2010 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Applying an Evolutionary Approach of Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents

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Risk-taking behaviors in adolescents have traditionally been analyzed from a psychopathological approach, with an excessive emphasis on their potential costs. From evolutionary theory we propose that risk-taking behaviors can be means through which adolescents obtain potential benefits for survival and reproduction. The present study analyses sex differences in three contexts of risk (i.e., risk propensity, expected benefits and risk perception) in the evolutionary specific domains and the predictive value of these domains over risk-taking behaviors, separately in female and male adolescents. 749 adolescents (females = 370) valued their risk perception, expected benefits and risk propensity through the Evolutionary Domain-Specific Risk Scale, as well as their engagement in risk-taking behaviors through the Risky Behavior Questionnaire. Male adolescents showed lower risk perception in two evolutionary domains, expected higher benefits in two other domains and showed higher risk propensity in six domains. Female adolescents showed lower risk perception in two domains. Additionally, risk perception, expected benefits and risk propensity in the evolutionary domains predicted the engagement in risk-taking behaviors in male adolescents, whereas in female adolescents only expected benefits and risk propensity showed a predictive effect over risk-taking behaviors. These results suggest the potential role of evolutionary mechanisms on risk-taking behaviors in adolescents. Results have practical implications for interventions programs aimed at reducing risk-taking behaviors. In addition to considering sex differences, intervention programs should consider alternative behaviors through which adolescents can reach their evolutionary goals, and handle the risks related to those behaviors that cannot be replaced but have potential benefits for adolescents.

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Applying an Evolutionary Approach of Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents

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“…As noted above, adolescent decision-making may be especially motivated by gaining peer approval and avoiding peer rejection (Tomova et al, 2021). One study found that adolescents expected to engage in health-and legal-risk behaviors that they anticipated would lead to social benefits (Andrews, Mills, et al, 2020b). There also is evidence that adolescents may increase or decrease prosocial behavior depending on the behavior that is "liked" by peers (van Hoorn, van Dijk, Güroğlu, & Crone, 2016a;van Hoorn, van Dijk, Meuwese, et al, 2016b).…”

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Development in uncertain contexts: An ecologically informed approach to understanding decision-making during adolescence

Conley

Baskin‐Sommers

2023

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Adolescence is a period of development in which youth have new opportunities for decision-making, often in situations where they may have little information or experience to guide their choices. Thus, learning to make decisions under uncertainty is a key challenge during adolescence. To date, researchers have applied economics formalisms to understand the processes that support adolescents in making decisions under two distinct forms of uncertainty: economic risk and economic ambiguity. Economic risk is when the probabilities of outcomes are known. Economic ambiguity is when the probabilities of outcomes are unknown or unknowable. This research has led to foundational knowledge about the basic processes involved in adolescent decision-making, but many experimental paradigms that dissociate economic risk and ambiguity rely on monetary or pointbased choices. Given that adolescence is a period of development characterized by a changing social environment, it remains unclear whether the processes that adolescents engage during decision-making on monetary or point-based experimental tasks generalize to their day-to-day experiences in the real world. In this brief piece, we explore how developmental research applying economics formalisms can be bolstered by research on youth's social environments to advance our understanding of decision-making in adolescence. First, we review developmental research by using economic uncertainty paradigms. Next, we highlight research on adolescents' social environments to provide examples of the day-to-day choices that adolescents face among their peers and in their broader communities. Finally, we propose directions for future research integrating these separate approaches to create a more nuanced, ecologically informed understanding of adolescent decision-making.

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“…Common areas of problematic behaviors include academics which can appear during any grade level and can range from poor study habits, failing grades, suspension or dropping out. Adolescents who generally have poor academic achievement are more likely to engage in other high-risk behaviors, such as having unprotected sex, drug use, and engaging in violence (Andrews et al, 2020;CDC, 2020). Anxiety, which is a natural and important emotion, is now the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents (Walter et al, 2020).…”

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“…Problematic behaviors that develop during adolescence are typically considered not acceptable and have a consistent pattern that can vary in terms of severity (Andrews et al, 2020; CDC, 2020). Common areas of problematic behaviors include academics which can appear during any grade level and can range from poor study habits, failing grades, suspension or dropping out.…”

Section: Offline Problematic Behaviorsmentioning

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Problematic Behaviors and Predicting Online Risk Behaviors in High School Students

Dowdell

Lamade

Lee

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The Journal of School Nursing

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Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high school students grades 9–12, five areas of offline problematic behaviors were examined: Academic problems, anxiety, behavioral wrongdoing, bullying, and social-emotional. Nine binary results were classified as online risk: Sexting, online harassment (perpetrating and experiencing), visiting sex sites, talking about sex, receiving sexual pictures, meeting offline, anything sexual happened, feeling nervous or uncomfortable. Behavioral wrongdoing (fighting, school suspension, trouble with police, theft), emerged as a significant predictor appearing in all nine models, followed by bullying experience (bully or victim) in six models. Identifying common problem behaviors that predict online risk taking are key components in developing strategies to promote adolescent health and well-being.

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Expectations of Social Consequences Impact Anticipated Involvement in Health‐Risk Behavior During Adolescence

Cited by 7 publications

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Applying an Evolutionary Approach of Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents

Applying an Evolutionary Approach of Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents

Development in uncertain contexts: An ecologically informed approach to understanding decision-making during adolescence

Problematic Behaviors and Predicting Online Risk Behaviors in High School Students

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