The Personal Fable and Risk-Taking in Early Adolescence

Alberts, Amy E.; Elkind, David; Ginsberg, Stephen D.

doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9144-4

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“…Indeed, PET approaches, which focus on providing general information about potential harms associated with alcohol use, make intuitive sense to adults but may be developmentally inappropriate for adolescents or young adults who feel invincible or think that bad things happen only to other people (Elkind, 1967; this "personal fable" relates directly to risk-taking, Alberts et al, 2007). MET/ MI and feedback-only approaches offer more personalized, adaptive therapeutic content.…”

Section: Summary Of Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Single-Session Alcohol Interventions for Heavy Drinking College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Samson

Tanner‐Smith

2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis summarizing the effectiveness of brief, single-session interventions to reduce alcohol use among heavy drinking college students. Method: A comprehensive literature search identified 73 studies comparing the effects of single-session brief alcohol intervention with treatment-as-usual or no-treatment control conditions on alcohol use among heavy drinking college students. Random-effects meta-analyses with robust variance estimates were used to synthesize 662 effect sizes, estimating the average overall effect of the interventions and the variability in effects across a range of moderators. Results: An overall mean effect size of g\ = 0.18, 95% CI [0.12, 0.24] indicated that, on average, single-session brief alcohol interventions significantly reduced alcohol use among heavy drinking college students relative to comparison conditions. There was minimal variability in effects associated with study method and quality, general study characteristics, participant demographics, or outcome measure type. However, studies using motivational enhancement therapy/motivational interviewing (MET/MI) modalities reported larger effects than those using psychoeducational therapy (PET) interventions. Further investigation revealed that studies using MET/ MI and feedback-only interventions, but not those using cognitive-behavioral therapy or PET modalities, reported average effect sizes that differed significantly from zero. There was also evidence that long-term effects were weaker than short-term effects. Conclusions: Single-session brief alcohol interventions show modest effects for reducing alcohol consumption among heavy drinking college students and may be particularly effective when they incorporate MET/MI principles. More research is needed to directly compare intervention modalities, to develop more potent interventions, and to explore the persistence of long-term effects. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 530-543, 2015)

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Section: Summary Of Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Single-Session Alcohol Interventions for Heavy Drinking College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Samson

Tanner‐Smith

2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…As noted, Personal Fable ideation has been linked to general increases in risk-taking among youth (Alberts et al, 2007;Arnett, 2000a), a consequence of thought patterns steeped in perceptions of invulnerability such as '''that won't happen to me,' and 'I can handle anything;'' (Vartanian, 2001, p. 641). Thus, Personal Fable ideation may be one predictor of the problematic posting practices of adolescents on social networking sites (Christofides et al, 2011).…”

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“…Personal Fable was quantified using the 12-item new Personal Fable scale (Alberts, Elkind, & Ginsberg, 2007). We chose this scale because it has been validated and tested among children and adolescents, and is shorter, making the overall survey instrument less onerous for the younger members of our sample.…”

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Exploring predictors and consequences of Personal Fable ideation on Facebook

Cingel

Krcmar

Olsen

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…However, this humor is not mean or blunt. The "Family won't get it" community could also be partly classified into this category, but this one is rather about self-descriptions [Alberts, Elkind, Ginsberg 2007]. Besides, the communities followed by "A students" include the "Idea Factory", which offers amusing or serious-minded unorthodox ways of using everyday items, weird combinations of them, etc., communities dedicated to humor, films and music, and "Best poems of great poets" (mostly about love).…”

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confidence: 99%

What’s in My Profile: VKontakte Data as a Tool for Studying the Interests of Modern Teenagers

Polivanova¹,

Smirnov²

2017

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Abstract. Children's interests play a key role in their psychological development. However, research in this field is associated with serious methodological problems, as it has traditionally used questionnaire surveys that cannot adequately describe the diverse and dynamic world of interests of a developing person. The article suggests using the information on VKontakte communities followed by teenagers, in order to explore their interests. Apart from being comprehensive, Vkontakte data is, unlike questionnaire answers, also uncensored. The method's potential demonstrated through the example of a Moscow school with 674 students following 20,203 various VKontakte communities. It reveals that teenagers' interests vary depending on their gender, age, and academic performance. The degree of such variance is demonstrated on an extended set of data on the interests of 290,182 VKontakte users. It transpires that communities followed by teenagers predict with high accuracy not only their gender (97%) and age (98%) but also the performance of the schools they attend (83%). The findings point to the heterogeneity of age-related behavior patterns, in particular to their correlation with gender and academic achievements. Acknowledgement of the heterogeneity of interests and the diversity of age-related behavior patterns creates conditions for the further development of student-centered education, in the absence of which education is becoming more and more alienated from real life, ignoring the interests of real people.

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The Personal Fable and Risk-Taking in Early Adolescence

Cited by 105 publications

References 11 publications

Single-Session Alcohol Interventions for Heavy Drinking College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Single-Session Alcohol Interventions for Heavy Drinking College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Exploring predictors and consequences of Personal Fable ideation on Facebook

What’s in My Profile: VKontakte Data as a Tool for Studying the Interests of Modern Teenagers

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