I. (2011). Ageism, sensation-seeking, and risk taking behavior in young adults. Current Psychology, 30, 184-193.Lauren,P,Shelia,K,Kristopher,B. Ageism,sensation-seeking,and risk-taking behavior in young adults[J].Current Psychology,2011,(02):184-193....
The research investigated the relationships among ageism, sensation-seeking, and risk-taking in young adults. Recent research has shown that young adults reporting higher levels of ageist attitudes and ageist behaviors also report higher levels of risk-taking in daily life than those with less ageist...
PARTY is a cluster randomised trial recruiting 42 general practices in Victoria, Australia. Baseline measures include: youth friendly practice characteristics; practice staff’s self-perceived competency in young people’s care and clinicians’ detection and response to risk taking behaviours and emotional...
In the present study, adults with a history of high-risk behavior (primarily drug dependence and conduct disorder) and matched controls worked on a novel laboratory task designed to measure risk-taking. The contingencies of the task were such that choosing a 'risky' response option resulted in ...
The wide prevalence of HIV in Africa has long been associated with seemingly irrational levels of sexual risk taking. Hence understanding the rationale behind risky sexual behavior is critical for designing effective prevention policies. This paper empirically assesses links between expectations of future ...
Children in the experimental group initiated more risks to win the large prize in the high-risk situation than children in the control group. The results indicated that modeling can enhance risk-taking/gambling-like behavior in young children. Parallels to compulsive gambling in adults, and ...
Influences on sexual risk behavior in young African-American men who have sex with men 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 69 作者: C Beeker 摘要: Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe individual, situational, and community influences on sexual risk taking in young African- American...
INTRODUCTION: Cameroon has a high prevalence of out-of-school youths. Therefore, research relating to out-of-school youths and HIV/AIDS is imperative, since they might engage in high risk sexual behaviours. The current study investigated the highly preva
Adolescentchimpanzeessharesomeofthesamerisk-takingbehaviorsashumanteens,buttheymaybelessimpulsive(冲动的)thanhumanadolescents,accordingtoresearchpublishedintheJournalofExperimentalPsychology:GeneralbytheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation."Adolescentchimpanzeesareinsomesensefacingthesamepsychologicaltempestthathumanteensare,"saidlea...
根据第一段“Adolescent chimpanzees share some of the same risk-taking behaviors as human teens, but they may be less impulsive (冲动的) than human adolescents, according to research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by the American Psychological Association.(根据美国心理...