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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"risky behaviors"”.
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The Relationship Between Adolescent Suicidality and Engagement in Risky Behaviors
… to examine whether the level of engagement in risky behavior predicts an increase in total suicidal ideation above and beyond other well-known risk factors (i.e., family functioning, gender, and problem-solving skills). The second objective was to investigate whether different types of risky …
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Trajectories of Risk Learning and Real-World Risky Behaviors During Adolescence
… is reflected as real-world risk taking behaviors (Silveri et al., 2004), including higher motor accidents, unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, drug addictions, and death (Casey et al., 2008). The extent to which adolescents continue to display increased behaviors with …
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Tattoos and Risky Behaviors in Emerging Adults: Exploration for Possible Moderating Factors
… yet to examine a wide range of body modification behaviors to obtain a more robust appreciation for developmental and social factors that influence psychological outcomes specific to emerging adults in college. In light of this need, the current study sought to investigate the prevalence of a wide …
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An Examination of the Factors of Influence on Rebellious Risky Behaviors in Adolescents
… in or have engaged in some type of rebellious risky behavior, such as consuming alcohol or using tobacco or other drugs (Haynie, 2003; Kann et al., 2000; Loper, 2000; Markey, Markey, & Tinsley, 2003; Patton, McMorris, Donath, & Catalano, 2004; Rickwood, 2005; Steinberg & Morris, 2001). In order …
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The Influence of Dad: An Investigation of Adolescent Females' Perceived Closeness with Fathers and Risky Behaviors
Substance use and sexual behaviors are prominent college campus activities, often co-occurring. An evolutionary perspective illuminates the unique impact of father-daughter relationships on substance use and sexual risk-taking. Female adolescents who experience early physical separation from their …
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The Influence of Dad: An Investigation of Adolescent Females' Perceived Closeness with Fathers and Risky Behaviors
Substance use and sexual behaviors are prominent college campus activities, often co-occurring. An evolutionary perspective illuminates the unique impact of father-daughter relationships on substance use and sexual risk-taking. Female adolescents who experience early physical separation from their …
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Risky Behavior, Urgency, And Anonymity: What Sex, Drugs, And Eating Disorders Have In Common
<p>A variety of risky behaviors have been found to be related to the tendency to act rashly in the presence of strong emotions, a trait known as urgency. However, whether this extends to a multitude of risky behaviors and what other traits may modify this risk, is unknown. Because individuals may …
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Risk Taking Behaviors In Emerging Adults And Peer, Sibling & Parental Relationships
… than younger and older cohorts to engage in such risky behaviors. However, research on the outcomes of emerging adults and their relations with peers, parents, and siblings is less conclusive. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between emerging adults' perceptions of peers', …
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Personality And Risk-Taking Behaviors In Emerging Adulthood
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>PERSONALITY AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD</p> <p>by</p> <p> </p> <p>AGNES WARD</p> <p> </p> <p>December 2010</p> <p> </p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Stephen B. Hillman</p> <p> </p> <p>Major: Educational Psychology </p> <p> </p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy </p> <p> </p> …
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Three essays in public economics
… and religiosity along with measures of many risky behaviors, I investigate the implications of the correlations among risk preferences, religiosity and gender for the observed relationship of each of these variables with risky behaviors. I conclude that the correlations of risk preferences, …
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Personal And Social Factors In Risk-Taking Behaviors Of Emerging Adults
… activity and the association between those behaviors and personal and social factors such as sensation seeking, peer influence, perceived general resistance to peer influence, perceived self-efficacy to resist risky behavior, and emotion regulation. The participants were 427 emerging- adult, …
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Essays on human capital investments in developing countries
… they engage in or are at risk of engaging in risky behaviors that are detrimental to their own development and to the well-being of their societies. This paper uses youth surveys from Chile and Mexico to demonstrate that early school dropout is strongly correlated with a range of risky …
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Perceived Threat of Hiv/Aids Between Men Who Have Sex With Men and Heterosexual Males
… threat of HIV/AIDS and explored the sexual risky behaviors between men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual males. Participants were asked to complete a 33 question survey which included 22 Likert-type scale questions developed to measure the perceived threat of HIV/AIDS, 8 …
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Risky Behavior as Motivated Emotion Regulation: A Mixed-Method Approach
<p>Engaging in risky health behaviors is a ubiquitous human experience that often marks developmental progression from adolescence into adulthood. While much previous research has framed risky behaviors in terms of negative legal, social, and public health consequences, less empirical work has been …
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Peer Sexual Harassment in Middle School: Classroom and Individual Factors
… risk factors for PSH was developed, namely risky behaviors (i.e., self-reported delinquency, aggression and friend support for counter conventional behaviors) and sexual saliency variables (i.e., flirting, dating and opposite sex nominations). Moreover, this is the first study that has used …
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A Test of a Model of Sexual Victimization: A Latent Variable Path Analysis
… were negative cognitive schemas, dissociation, risky behaviors, and coping strategies. Structural equation modeling was used to examine two competing models of sexual victimization. A sample of 276 college students taking introductory psychology were participants. They anonymously completed a …
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Rate changes In risky behavior & the role of sibling influence
… adolescent's likelihood of engaging in certain risky behaviors. For the purpose of this study these behaviors include things like drug use, sexual activity and violent or antisocial offenses. The initial study found a trend implicating that adolescents with older siblings more likely to engage …
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Factors influencing students to engage on risks of academic cheating at the University of Zululand
… the awareness on the consequences of engaging in risky behaviors with regards to plagiarism and academic cheating.
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The Economics of Adolescents' Time Allocation: Evidence from the Young Agent Project in Brazil
… age, stop studying, and/or start engaging into risky behaviors, such as drug use or sexual activities. The key policy question in this context is then: what incentives could prove an efficient tool to change the time allocation patterns and behaviors that make adolescents drop out of school, …
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THE SILENT SPREAD: A LOOK AT CORRELATES OF HIV PERCEPTIONS & SELF-REPORTED BEHAVIORS
… correlates of HIV perceptions and self-reported behaviors among a sample of Ethiopian U.S. residents and their perceptions about HIV. There were four significant positive correlations with number of sexual partners: substance use, r = .217, p < .01; frequency of protection use, r = .305, p < .01; …
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