Abstract:Adolescents show more risk taking behavior than children and adults. Most adolescents do not experience adverse consequences of this increased risk taking behavior. However, excessive risk taking can result in long term adverse consequences. To better target prevention efforts at those adolescents who are at risk for excessive risk taking, these adolescents should be identified early. Here we first test which statistical approach is best suited to predict the likelihood of risk taking behavior. We use data fro… Show more
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