Risk Involvement and Risk Perception Among Adolescents and Young Adults
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Vol. 25 (1) , 67-82
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013541802282
Abstract
Adolescents as a group know about the connections between many risky behaviors and negative outcomes. However, it is unclear whether adolescents who engage in risky behavior differ in risk...Keywords
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