Cost-benefit analysis mediation of the relationship between sensation seeking and risk behavior among adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 802-806

  Maslowsky, Julie ^a   Buvinger, Elizabeth ^a   Keating, Daniel P ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^b   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cost benefit judgment; Risk behavior; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052097540     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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