Global ETD Search
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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence."”.
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Adolescents' self-disclosure and risk-taking online
1 PDF file (iv, 80 pages)
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Emotional intelligence as a protective factor for risk behavior in adolescence
1 PDF file (v, 78 pages)
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Electrophysiological correlates of performance monitoring in middle and late adolescence
… to monitor and evaluate the consequences of ongoing behaviors and coordinate behavioral adjustments seems to rely on networks including the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and phasic changes in dopamine activity. Activity (and presumably functional maturation) of the ACC may be indirectly …
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Linking community variables to parenting behaviours and youth risk behaviours
The puq)ose of this thesis is to test a model Hnking community disadvantage and urbanicity factors to parenting variables (i.e., monitoring, warmth, and knowledge) and to youth risk behavior (i.e., substance use and delinquency), measured both concurrently and one year after the assessment of …
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The Adolescent Stress Response to a Naturalistic Driving Stressor
The proposed study examined the role of anxiety and risk-taking in driving performance in adolescents. In addition to examining the sample as a whole, gender differences were assessed given earlier reports from our laboratory and others indicating that males and females differ with respect to risky …
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Aggressive mating strategies in young adolescent girls
Adolescence is the time when humans begin utilizing mating strategies (e.g., flirting, fighting or rumor spreading about competitors) to attract and keep mates. Consistent empirical evidence shows that some adolescent boys are on a developmental pathway in which they utilize aggression and risky …
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Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community of Kwa-Mthethwa area in KwaZulu-Natal
A study of impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community involves a whole range of factors. This investigation focused on youth's level of knowledge of HTV/AIDS, youth's informants and youth's attitudes towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Literature review was conducted. This has revealed that the attitude within …