| Literature DB >> 15629751 |
Will M Aklin1, C W Lejuez, Michael J Zvolensky, Chris W Kahler, Marya Gwadz.
Abstract
The current study examined the utility of behavioral measures of risk-taking propensity in the assessment of self-reported real-world risk-taking behaviors using a sample of 51 high-school-aged inner-city adolescents. Results indicated that performance on one behavioral measure, the balloon analogue risk task, accounted for unique variance in self-reported delinquency/safety risk behaviors as well as substance use risk behaviors, above and beyond that provided with demographics and self-report measures of risk-related constructs (i.e., impulsivity and sensation seeking). These results are discussed in relation to the potential utility of using a multimethod assessment approach for better understanding risk-taking vulnerability among adolescents.Mesh：
Year: 2005 PMID： 15629751 DOI： 10.1016/j.brat.2003.12.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Res Ther ISSN： 0005-7967