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

The detrimental outcomes associated with certain risk behaviors during adolescence has
perpetuated a narrative that risk taking during adolescence is inherently maladaptive and …

Scholars in the field of adolescent risk behavior present the most recent ideas and findings
about the variety of behaviors that can compromise adolescent development, emphasizing …

There is a growing awareness that American society is squandering its most precious asset,
its youth. Large segments of our young people are growing up in circumstarces of limited …

According to a recent evolutionary life history model of development proposed by Ellis,
Figueredo, Brumbach, and Schlomer (2009), growing up in harsh versus unpredictable …

Adolescents traverse two distinct pathways through the second decade of life. On the one
hand, most adolescents navigate this developmental period successfully without …

Trying to understand why adolescents and young adults take more risks than younger or
older individuals do has challenged psychologists for decades. Adolescents' inclination to …

This article highlights the potential of developmental psychopathology as a useful integrative
perspective for the challenging task of linking the study of brain development and …

Recent research indicates that adolescents' own risk-taking behavior is one of the greatest
threats to their social, physical, and emotional development. A conceptual developmental …

Adolescence is a time of life marked by change and rapid development. In fact, few
developmental periods are characterized by so many changes at so many different levels as …