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Haase, Claudia M.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Affective influences may play a key role in adolescent risk taking, but have rarely been studied. Using an audiovisual method of affect induction, two experimental studies examined the effect of positive affect on risk perceptions in adolescence and young adulthood. Outcomes were risk perceptions regarding drinking alcohol, smoking a cigarette,…
Descriptors: Drinking, Young Adults, Adolescents, Affective Behavior
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Alleyne, Binta; Coleman-Cowger, Victoria H.; Crown, Laurel; Gibbons, Maya A.; Vines, Linda N. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This study examines the relationship between dating violence, forced sexual intercourse (FSI), and four measures of sexual risk taking (i.e., age at first sex, number of recent (within the last three months) sex partners, alcohol/drug use at last sex, and condom use at last sex) among a sample of 1124 ethnically diverse sexually active adolescents…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Racial Differences, Drug Abuse
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Flisher, Alan, J.; Evans, Janet; Muller, Martie; Lombard, Carl – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
There is a paucity of test-retest reliability data for adolescent self-reports of a wide range of risk behaviours. Grade 8 and 11 Students (N=358) completed a questionnaire on two occasions between 10 and 14 days apart. It included items about use of various substances, violent behaviour, suicidality, and sexuality. Cohen's kappa was almost…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Measurement Techniques, Adolescents, At Risk Persons