TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Evaluation of behavioral measures of risk taking propensity with inner city adolescents
JO  - Behaviour research and therapy
A1  - Aklin, Will M.
A1  - Lejuez, C. W.
A1  - Zvolensky, Michael J.
A1  - Kahler, Christopher W.
A1  - Gwadz, Marya
SP  - 215
EP  - 228
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
N2  - The current study examined the utility of behavioral measures of risk-taking propensity in the assessment of self-reported real-world risk-taking behaviors using a sample of 51 high-school-aged inner-city adolescents. Results indicated that performance on one behavioral measure, the balloon analogue risk task, accounted for unique variance in self-reported delinquency/safety risk behaviors as well as substance use risk behaviors, above and beyond that provided with demographics and self-report measures of risk-related constructs (i.e., impulsivity and sensation seeking). These results are discussed in relation to the potential utility of using a multimethod assessment approach for better understanding risk-taking vulnerability among adolescents.
LA  - 
SN  - 0005-7967
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2003.12.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -