Interaction of reward seeking and self-regulation in the prediction of risk taking: A cross-national test of the dual systems model.
In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M = 17.05 years, SD = 5.91) from 11 countries. We examine whether reward seeking and self-regulation make independent, additive, or interactive contributions to risk taking, and ask whether these relations differ as a function of age and culture. To compare across cultures, we conduct 2 sets of analyses: 1 comparing individuals from Asian and Western countries, and 1 comparing individuals from low- and high-GDP countries. Results indicate that reward seeking and self-regulation have largely independent associations with risk taking and that the influences of each variable on risk taking are not unique to adolescence, but that their link to risk taking varies across cultures. (PsycINFO Database Record
Department of Psychology, Temple University.
Natasha
N
Duell
Department of Psychology, Temple University.
Laurence
L
Steinberg
Department of Psychology, Temple University.
Jason
J
Chein
Queen Rania Faculty for Childhood, Hashemite University.
Suha M
SM
Al-Hassan
Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples.
Dario
D
Bacchini
Department of Psychology, University of Macau.
Chang
C
Lei
Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
Nandita
N
Chaudhary
Department of Psychology, Università di Roma.
Laura
L
Di Giunta
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.
Kenneth A
KA
Dodge
Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus.
Kostas A
KA
Fanti
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.
Jennifer E
JE
Lansford
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.
Patrick S
PS
Malone
Department of Educational Psychology, Maseno University.
Paul
P
Oburu
Department of Psychology, Università di Roma.
Concetta
C
Pastorelli
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.
Ann T
AT
Skinner
Department of Psychology, University West.
Emma
E
Sorbring
Department of Psychiatry, Chiang Mai University.
Sombat
S
Tapanya
Consultorio Psicológico Popular, Universidad San Buenaventura.
Liliana Maria
LM
Uribe Tirado
Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University.
Liane Peña
LP
Alampay
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012201:Reward; D012309:Risk-Taking; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult