title: Reliability and validity of the youth version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART-Y) in the assessment of risk-taking behavior among inner-city adolescents.
abstract: This study examined the reliability and validity of the youth version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART-Y) for assessing adolescent risk behaviors among a sample of 98 inner-city African American adolescents (M age = 14.8, SD = 1.5). In addition to a relation with sensation seeking, BART-Y responding evidenced a significant relation with a composite of risk behaviors across substance use, sexual behavior, delinquency, and health domains. BART-Y responding also explained unique variance in a composite of these risk behaviors above and beyond demographic variables and risk-related personality constructs, including sensation seeking and impulsivity.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aklin
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daughters
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kahler
authors.forename: Marya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gwadz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population