Intuitive Risk Taking During Adolescence
By James D. Holland, M.A., and Paul A. Klaczynski, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 16, Number 2, 2009, Pages 8-11, Item# A162-Holland
Adolescents frequently engage in risky behaviors that endanger both themselves and others. Critical to the development of effective interventions is an understanding of the processes adolescents go through when deciding to take risks. This article explores two information processing systems; a slow, deliberative, analytic system and a quick, intuitive system. The advantages and disadvantages of reliance on intuitive decision making and the difficulties adolescents must overcome in overriding intuitive processing with analytic processing are featured.
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Adolescent Decision Making
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 16, Number 2, 2009
Adolescence is a critical time in life when youth begin to make life-changing decisions – whether deciding who to date, what career goals to pursue, or making the decision to drink and drive. Understanding how youth make decisions can help us as we assist them along the path to independence. This issue focuses on the adolescent decision-making process, including how goal setting impacts decision making, and how and when youth consult with others.
This issue also featured these articles:
- Adolescent Decision Making: An Overview, Pages 3-7
- Goal Setting and Decision Making by At-Risk Youth, Pages 17-20
- Intuitive Risk Taking During Adolescence, Pages 8-11
- “What Should I Do?” How Consultants Impact Adolescents’ Risky Decisions, Pages 12-16
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