Risky Decision Making in AdolescentsTeens make bad decisions not because they think they are invulnerable or haven't thought about the risks. Research by Valerie Reyna and Frank Farley, Temple University, sheds light on how adolescents reason and suggests new approaches for reducing adolescent risk taking. Risk and Rationality in Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Public Policy
Adolescents and Risk: Helping Young People Make Better Choices
Risk-Taking Teens
Teenage Risks, and How to Avoid Them
Risky Business: The Surprising ‘Rationality’ of Adolescents Eric Wargo writes an engaging summary of Reyna's and Farley's research on why adolescents make the decisions they make and how interventions may be better designed to steer young people toward better choices. APS Observer, Volume 20, Number 6, June 2007. [Article] Go Ahead, I Dare You
Why Teens Do Stupid Things
Risk and Rationality in Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Public Policy
Laboratory for Rational Decision Making [Website] |
Presenting at the 2007 Human Development Research Update, Valerie Reyna discusses teen risk taking, developmental differences in judgment and decision making, and the implications of her research for programs and policies to prevent or change risky behaviors. [
For decades, adolescents have been bombarded by facts about the risks they face. Yet efforts to scare young decision makers into safe behavior have met with limited success. Research by Valerie Reyna and colleagues explores how adolescents consider risk and offers suggestions for new intervention strategies. [ |
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