@article{ref1,
title="A dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking",
journal="Developmental psychobiology",
year="2010",
author="Steinberg, Laurence",
volume="52",
number="3",
pages="216-224",
abstract="It has been hypothesized that reward-seeking and impulsivity develop along different timetables and have different neural underpinnings, and that the difference in their timetables helps account for heightened risk-taking during adolescence. In order to test these propositions, age differences in reward-seeking and impulsivity were examined in a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of 935 individuals between the ages of 10 and 30, using self-report and behavioral measures of each construct. Consistent with predictions, age differences in reward-seeking follow a curvilinear pattern, increasing between preadolescence and mid-adolescence, and declining thereafter. In contrast, age differences in impulsivity follow a linear pattern, with impulsivity declining steadily from age 10 on. Heightened vulnerability to risk-taking in middle adolescence may be due to the combination of relatively higher inclinations to seek rewards and still maturing capacities for self-control.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1630",
doi="10.1002/dev.20445",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.20445"
}