Adolescents' perceptions of their risk-taking behavior
Gonzalez, J.; Field, T.; Yando, R.; Gonzalez, K.; Lasko, D.; Bendell, D.
Adolescence 29(115): 701-709
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-8449 PMID: 7832034 Document Number: 423987
A questionnaire comprised of several self-report scales was administered to 440 adolescents to assess differences between high and low sports and danger risk takers on relationship and personality variables. Sports risk takers reported more danger-related risk taking and more drug use but higher self-esteem than did nonrisk takers. Danger risk takers reported greater sports-related risk taking and more drug use as well as less intimacy with their mothers, less family responsibility taking, and less depression than did their nonrisk-taking counterparts.