Risk-Taking Patterns of Children, Associated Cognitive Weaknesses, and Prevention of Negative Outcomes

Objective:Accidents, drug use, and unsafe sex associated with greater propensity for risk-taking are leading causes of illness and death among adolescents. This study aimed to help identify and further characterize children with maladaptive risk-taking to improve primary prevention interventions.Met...

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Published in:Psychiatric research and clinical practice 2020-06, Vol.2 (1), p.34-40
Main Authors: Imal, Ahmet Esat, O’Leary, Sean, Wexler, Bruce E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balloon Analogue Risk Task
Behavior
Child development
Children & youth
Cluster analysis
Drug use
Elementary schools
Executive function
Executive functioning
Focused attention
Kindergarten
Low income groups
Prevention
Response inhibition
Risk taking
Students
Teenagers
Validity
working memory
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Summary:Objective:Accidents, drug use, and unsafe sex associated with greater propensity for risk-taking are leading causes of illness and death among adolescents. This study aimed to help identify and further characterize children with maladaptive risk-taking to improve primary prevention interventions.Methods:Two scores from the Bubblegum Analog Risk-Taking Task for Children (BART-C), total points and average inflations of unpopped bubbles, were used in a cluster analysis to identify distinct patterns of risk-taking among 6,267 kindergarten through eighth-grade children. Clusters were compared with the Flanker Test of Focused Attention, the Go/No-Go test of inhibition, and the List Sorting Working Memory Test.Results:Both BART-C scores made significant (p
ISSN:2575-5609
2575-5609
DOI:10.1176/appi.prcp.2020.20190020