Children who experience maltreatment are at well-documented risk for the development of
problematic substance use and disorder in adolescence and beyond. This review applies a …

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-
taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain …

As a clinical condition, boredom is an emotional state, widespread among young people,
characterized by unpleasant feelings, lack of motivation, and low physiological arousal in …

The presence of peers increases risk taking among adolescents but not adults. We posited
that the presence of peers may promote adolescent risk taking by sensitizing brain regions …

This article proposes an evolutionary model of risky behavior in adolescence and contrasts it
with the prevailing developmental psychopathology model. The evolutionary model …

This article proposes a framework for theory and research on risk-taking that is informed by
developmental neuroscience. Two fundamental questions motivate this review. First, why …

Adolescence is a developmental period often characterized as a time of impulsive and risky
choices leading to increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

Objective: Little consensus exists regarding the relationship between socioeconomic status
(SES) and substance use. This study examined the associations of three indicators of family …

Prior research describes the development of susceptibility to peer pressure in adolescence
as following an inverted U-shaped curve, increasing during early adolescence, peaking …

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …