Sensation seeking and negative affectivity as predictors of risky behaviors: A distinction between occasional versus frequent risk-taking

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1449-1453

  Desrichard, Olivier ^a   Denarié, Virginie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Affectivity; Deviant behavior; Reckless driving; Sensation seeking; Sexual risk behavior; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 22044445813     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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