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ERIC Number: ED662278
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7795
Adolescents Are More Likely to Help Others on Days They Take Risks and Crave Social Connections
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Emily S. Bibby; Melissa Burroughs; Jessica E. Flannery; Benjamin W. Nelson; Natasha Duell; Mitch J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer
Grantee Submission, Journal of Research on Adolescence v32 n4 p1421-1432 2022
This study examined how adolescents' risk-taking behaviors were related to their prosocial behaviors on a daily level and how this association differed depending on adolescents' daily and average levels of sensation seeking and social craving. Adolescents (N = 212; M[subscript age] = 15 years) completed daily diaries for 14 days. Adolescents were more likely to engage in prosocial behavior on days when they also took risks, but only when they also felt high levels of social craving. The daily link between risk-taking and prosocial behavior did not vary based on daily or individual differences in sensation seeking. Results suggest that when adolescents feel highly motivated to connect with others, their risk-taking and prosocial tendencies co-occur on a daily basis.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10; Grade 11
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B140009; T32HD07376; R01DA039923