title: Evaluation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a predictor of adolescent real-world risk-taking behaviours.
abstract: The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) was administered to a sample of 26 high school-aged adolescents to test the utility of the BART as a behavioural measure of risk-taking propensity. Data indicate that riskyness on the BART was related to self-reported engagement in real-world risk-taking behaviours. These data replicate and uniquely extend past research to an adolescent sample, suggesting that the BART may be a useful addition to self-report batteries for the assessment of risk-taking behaviours in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. clejuez@psyc.umd.edu
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lejuez
authors.forename: Will M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Aklin
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pedulla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D012309:Risk-Taking