Risky Decision Making in Adolescents
New Approaches for Reducing Risk Taking
To reduce adolescent risk taking, a different approach is needed: one that recognizes how adolescents reason. Research by Dr. Valerie Reyna sheds light on adolescent decision making and suggests new approaches for helping youth make good choices.
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In this collection of videos, slides, and articles, Dr. Valerie Reyna describes the developmental differences in the way adolescents make decisions and reviews her research regarding why adolescents perceive risks and benefits and yet take more risks.
Teens take risks to 'play the odds' but can be taught otherwise, says Reyna to NYC media
Researchers and Educators Collaborate on Reducing the Risk in Adolescence
Risky Decision Making in Adolescence: presentation on 3/09
Adolescents and Risk: Helping Young People Make Better Choices: outreach publication
Risk-Taking Teens: interview with Dr. Reyna, 12/06
Teenage Risks, and How to Avoid Them: New York Times, December 18, 2007
Go Ahead, I Dare You: Newsweek Web-Exclusive Commentary, November 21, 2006
Why Teens Do Stupid Things: ChronicleOnline, December 4, 2006
Risk and Rationality in Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Theory Practice, and Public Policy: Reyna, V.F., & Farley, F. (2006). Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Vol 7, No. 1, 1-44.Laboratory for Rational Decision Making Website