Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation

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The dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking portrays the period as one characterized by a combination of heightened sensation seeking and still-maturing self- regulation, but most tests of this model have been conducted in the United States or Western Europe. In the present study, these propositions are tested in an international sample of more than 5000 individuals between ages 10 and 30 years from 11 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, using a multi-method test battery that includes both self-report and performance-based measures of both constructs. Consistent with the dual systems model, sensation seeking increased between preadolescence and late adolescence, peaked at age 19, and declined thereafter, whereas self-regulation increased steadily from preadolescence into young adulthood, reaching a plateau between ages 23 and 26 …

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Icenogle, S (2024). Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/around-the-world-adolescence-is-a-time-of-heightened-sensation-seeking-and-immature-self-regulation

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Icenogle, Steinberg "Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation" Afribary. Afribary, 03 Oct. 2024, https://track.afribary.com/works/around-the-world-adolescence-is-a-time-of-heightened-sensation-seeking-and-immature-self-regulation. Accessed 05 Nov. 2024.

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Icenogle, Steinberg . "Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation". Afribary, Afribary, 03 Oct. 2024. Web. 05 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/around-the-world-adolescence-is-a-time-of-heightened-sensation-seeking-and-immature-self-regulation >.

Chicago

Icenogle, Steinberg . "Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation" Afribary (2024). Accessed November 05, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/around-the-world-adolescence-is-a-time-of-heightened-sensation-seeking-and-immature-self-regulation

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