Adolescent risk-taking: Integrating personal, cognitive, and social aspects of judgment

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Boyer, Ty W ^a   Byrnes, James P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross perspective integration; Decision making; Development; Judgment; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149475680     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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