TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Brief report: Risk-taking behaviors in a non-western urban adolescent sample
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Bayar, Nalan
A1  - Sayil, Melike
SP  - 671
EP  - 676
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
N2  - This study analyzes the age and gender related risk-taking behaviors of Turkish adolescents in an urban sample. A self-report risk taking scale was administered to 280 adolescents between the ages of 12-21. Results revealed that both the type and the frequency of risk-taking behaviors were changed according to age and gender. All risky behaviors except hitchhiking increased until the college level and than decreased. Boys outperformed the girls in most of the risk-taking behaviors.
LA  - 
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.01.010
ID  - ref1
ER  -