Evaluation of behavioral measures of risk taking propensity with inner city adolescents.
The current study examined the utility of behavioral measures of risk-taking propensity in the assessment of self-reported real-world risk-taking behaviors using a sample of 51 high-school-aged inner-city adolescents. Results indicated that performance on one behavioral measure, the balloon analogue risk task, accounted for unique variance in self-reported delinquency/safety risk behaviors as well as substance use risk behaviors, above and beyond that provided with demographics and self-report measures of risk-related constructs (i.e., impulsivity and sensation seeking). These results are discussed in relation to the potential utility of using a multimethod assessment approach for better understanding risk-taking vulnerability among adolescents.
Aklin
Will M
WM
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. waklin@psyc.umd.edu
Lejuez
C W
CW
Zvolensky
Michael J
MJ
Kahler
Chris W
CW
Gwadz
Marya
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014505:Urban Population