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Adolescents Are More Likely to Help Others on Days They Take Risks and Crave Social Connections

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Title: Adolescents Are More Likely to Help Others on Days They Take Risks and Crave Social Connections
Language: English
Authors: Emma Armstrong-Carter (ORCID 0000-0002-5847-9486), Emily S. Bibby (ORCID 0000-0002-6398-1489), Melissa Burroughs (ORCID 0000-0002-4939-1562), Jessica E. Flannery (ORCID 0000-0003-0710-2512), Benjamin W. Nelson (ORCID 0000-0002-5474-7674), Natasha Duell, Mitch J. Prinstein (ORCID 0000-0002-7587-8665), Eva H. Telzer (ORCID 0000-0002-2351-6339)
Source: Grantee Submission. 2022 32(4):1421-1432.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
Contract Number: R305B140009
T32HD07376
R01DA039923
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 10
Grade 11
Descriptors: Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior, Risk, Interpersonal Relationship, Individual Differences, Rural Areas, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11, Health Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Correlation
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12705
ISSN: 1532-7795
Abstract: This study examined how adolescents' risk-taking behaviors were related to their prosocial behaviors on a daily level and how this association differed depending on adolescents' daily and average levels of sensation seeking and social craving. Adolescents (N = 212; M[subscript age] = 15 years) completed daily diaries for 14 days. Adolescents were more likely to engage in prosocial behavior on days when they also took risks, but only when they also felt high levels of social craving. The daily link between risk-taking and prosocial behavior did not vary based on daily or individual differences in sensation seeking. Results suggest that when adolescents feel highly motivated to connect with others, their risk-taking and prosocial tendencies co-occur on a daily basis.
Abstractor: As Provided
IES Funded: Yes
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: ED662278
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study examined how adolescents' risk-taking behaviors were related to their prosocial behaviors on a daily level and how this association differed depending on adolescents' daily and average levels of sensation seeking and social craving. Adolescents (N = 212; M[subscript age] = 15 years) completed daily diaries for 14 days. Adolescents were more likely to engage in prosocial behavior on days when they also took risks, but only when they also felt high levels of social craving. The daily link between risk-taking and prosocial behavior did not vary based on daily or individual differences in sensation seeking. Results suggest that when adolescents feel highly motivated to connect with others, their risk-taking and prosocial tendencies co-occur on a daily basis.
ISSN:1532-7795
DOI:10.1111/jora.12705