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The dual systems model proposes that mid-adolescence is the time of highest biological propensity for risk-taking, but that older adolescents may exhibit higher levels of real-world risk-taking (e.g., binge drinking is most common during the early 20s) [18] [19] not due to greater propensity for risk-taking but due to greater opportunity. [12]
The American Teen Study, which began in May 1991, was a peer-reviewed study on adolescent sexual risk-taking behavior whose funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development was shut down by former secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Louis Sullivan. [16]
The YRBSS is the official source of information about adolescent risk behaviors used to evaluate federal, state, and local public health initiatives to decrease these risk behaviors. The survey targets students from grades 9 through 12 attending both public and private high schools across the United States.
Risk-taking may also have reproductive advantages: adolescents have a newfound priority in sexual attraction and dating, and risk-taking is required to impress potential mates. Research also indicates that baseline sensation seeking may affect risk-taking behavior throughout the lifespan.
According to the National Youth Behavior Risk Survey, 19% of all sexually active adolescents in the US consumed alcohol or used other drugs before their last sexual intercourse. [12] In contrast, adolescents who reported no substance use were found to be the least likely to engage in sexual risk-taking. [13]
During this time, dogs manifest a weakened ability to regulate their emotions and behaviors, leading to an increase in impulsivity, reactivity to stressors, and risk-taking behavior.
Poor sleep duration and increased risk-taking has been a well-established association in the adolescent sleep literature. A recent meta-analysis reported that poor sleep duration results in a 1.43 times greater odds of engaging in risky behaviors. [21]
Her studies have explored neural mechanisms underlying decision-making and risk-taking, [16] [17] the influences of stress and other experiences on behavior and brain functioning, [18] [19] and neurobiological factors associated with cigarette smoking in adolescence. [20] Other influential work has focused on how sleep affects the developing ...
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