@article{ref1,
title="An investigation of adolescents' reported and self-perceived risk-taking",
journal="Journal of early adolescence",
year="2020",
author="Heffer, Taylor and Wylie, Breanne and Willoughby, Teena",
volume="40",
number="6",
pages="772-788",
abstract="Adolescence is a sensitive period for taking risks, yet research has not investigated whether adolescents who engage in risk-taking actually perceive themselves to be risk-takers. In the current study, students (Grade: 6-8, N = 437) reported on their frequency of risk-taking and perceptions of themselves as risk-takers, forming four groups of interest (aware risk-takers, unaware risk-takers, aware non-risk-takers, unaware non-risk-takers). We also investigated whether these groups were associated with engagement in certain types of risks. Overall, low-risk-takers had more accurate self-perceptions (i.e., greater awareness) compared with high risk-takers. Of concern, unaware high risk-takers engaged in more rule-breaking and adventurous risks compared with non-risk-takers, though they did not consider themselves to be risk-takers. It is possible that this group of adolescents may be less receptive to educational practices that target high risk-takers given that they do not consider themselves to be a risk-taker.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-4316",
doi="10.1177/0272431619874404",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431619874404"
}