Risk Taking in Adolescence: What Changes, and Why?

By Laurence Steinberg. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of adolescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues. (2010, neutral): “(Steinberg, 2004).”
The consequences of media multitasking for youth: A review (2015, neutral): “For instance, self-regulatory skills continue to develop throughout adolescence (Steinberg, 2004).”
Emerging Findings from Research on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice (2012, background): “Adolescents and adults appear to identify risks similarly (both in the lab and in the real world) but weigh rewards differently, especially when comparing costs and benefits (Steinberg, 2004).”
The Adolescent Brain (2008, background): “However, our neurobiological model suggests that risky behavior and emotional reactivity are the products of a biologically driven imbalance between increased novelty and positive sensation seeking in conjunction with immature “self-regulatory competence” (Steinberg 2004).”
Adolescent risky decision-making: Neurocognitive development of reward and control regions (2010, background): “For example, self-report and observation studies show that the number of traffic accidents peaks in adolescence, and that adolescents are at risk for getting involved in criminal behavior, experimentation with tobacco and alcohol, and unsafe sexual activity (Furby and Beyth-Marom, 1992; Steinberg, 2”
The development of risk-taking: A multi-perspective review (2006, background): “…that cognitive decision theorists have erred by overemphasizing probabilistic formalism and neglecting the role of emotions in decision processes (Bechara, Damasio, & Damasio, 2003; Dahl, 2003; Damasio, 1994; Loewenstein & Lerner, 2003; Loewenstein, Weber, Hsee, & Welch, 2001; Steinberg, 2004).”
Maturation of the adolescent brain (2013, background): “Neurobehavioral, morphological, neurochemical, and pharmacological evidence suggests that the brain remains under construction during adolescence, 1,2,3,7,12,21,22,23,27,49 as illustrated in Figure 2.”
Emotion-based Dispositions to Rash Action: Positive and Negative Urgency (2008, neutral): “…1976; Spear, 2000; Vazquez, 1998; Walker, Perrin, Vale & Rivier, 1986), and accompanying increases in the rates of rash action, particularly when experiencing intense emotions (Arnett, 1992; Luna & Sweeney, 2004; Maggs & Hurrelmann, 1995; Moffitt, 1993; Nelson et al., 2002; Steinberg, 2004).”
Introducing the PCMC Model: An Investigative Framework for Young People's Processing of Commercialized Media Content (2010, neutral): “Additionally, due to the development of hypothetical-deductive reasoning skills they become more critical and skeptical toward the surrounding world, including the commercial environment, and become capable of critical systematic processing (Boush et al., 1994; Shaffer & Kipp, 2007; Steinberg, 2004)”
Earlier Development of the Accumbens Relative to Orbitofrontal Cortex Might Underlie Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents (2006, background): “Human imaging studies show frontostriatal region changes (Giedd et al., 1999; Sowell et al., 1999; Casey et al., 2005) that seem to parallel increased cognitive control (Casey et al., 1997; Rubia et al., 2000; Luna et al., 2001; Luna and Sweeney, 2004; Steinberg, 2004).”
Self-Esteem and Future Orientation Predict Adolescents’ Risk Engagement (2017, background): “…as a protective factor against engaging in risky behavior, in that youth with a clear sense of self or purpose are less likely to risk their long-term goals by engaging in delinquent activity or unprotected sex (Chen & Vazsonyi, 2011, 2013; Nurmi, 1991; Steinberg, 2004; Steinberg et al., 2009).”
Who’s messing with my mind? (2008, background): “It has been suggested that it is not until early adulthood that the prefrontal brain regions involved in the modulation of emotional responses, and their interconnections, reach full maturity and achieve integration with other brain regions (see Steinberg 2004; Casey et al. 2005).”