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Direct linkEmma Armstrong-Carter; Kathy T. Do; Natasha Duell; Seh-Joo Kwon; Kristen A. Lindquist; Mitch J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many prosocial behaviors involve social risks such as speaking out against a popular opinion, bias, group norm, or authority. However, little is known about whether adolescents' prosocial tendencies develop over time with their perceptions of social risks. This accelerated longitudinal study used within-subject growth-curve analyses to test the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Risk, Social Bias, Adolescent Development
Almy, Brandon; Kuskowski, Michael; Malone, Stephen M.; Myers, Evan; Luciana, Monica – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Many researchers have used the standard Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to assess decision-making in adolescence given increased risk-taking during this developmental period. Most studies are cross-sectional and do not observe behavioral trajectories over time, limiting interpretation. This longitudinal study investigated healthy adolescents' and young…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Decision Making, Task Analysis, Risk
Stoddard, Sarah A.; Pierce, Jennifer; Schmidt, Carissa J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
The middle school and early high school years are a time of significant development, including an increasing ability to envision oneself in the future. Little is known about how adolescents' future-oriented self-concept (i.e., possible selves) differs across grade levels, although this knowledge may aid in establishing rapport with students and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Self Concept, Adolescent Development, Intervention
Doremus-Fitzwater, Tamara L.; Varlinskaya, Elena I.; Spear, Linda P. – Brain and Cognition, 2010
Adolescence is an evolutionarily conserved developmental phase characterized by hormonal, physiological, neural and behavioral alterations evident widely across mammalian species. For instance, adolescent rats, like their human counterparts, exhibit elevations in peer-directed social interactions, risk-taking/novelty seeking and drug and alcohol…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Substance Abuse, Drinking, Adolescents
Peer reviewedLewis, Catherine C. – Child Development, 1981
A simulated peer-counseling situation was used to assess decision making among 108 adolescents in grades 7 through 12. As grade level increased, adolescents significantly more often mentioned potential risks and future consequences of decisions; recognized and treated vested interests with caution; and suggested an independent professional opinion…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMarmorstein, Naomi R.; Iacono, William G. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: Antisocial behavior that begins in mid- to late adolescence does not fit into commonly accepted taxonomies of antisocial behavior, yet it clearly exists. This study examined how this course of antisocial behavior compares with persisting (beginning by early adolescence and continuing through late adolescence) and desisting (stopping by…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Psychiatry, Psychological Patterns
