Resource Tag: RISK TAKING (PSYCHOLOGY)

This study investigated the relation between symptoms & a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviours during adolescence. A survey of 20,745 youth from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided the data. Adolescents who reported more depressive symptoms were found to wear seatbelts less often, wear bike-helmets less often, & drive while drunk more frequently. […]

This study replicated an investigation of risk behaviours associated with suicidal behaviour in public high schools students in a population of high school age youth with severe emotional disturbance. 83 clients of the South Carolina Continuum of Care made up the sample. 4% of the youth reported seriously considering suicide, 8% reported planning how they […]

Quantitative scales were developed to assess retrospectively in young adults the frequency of parental & caregiver reactions to a lesbian, gay, or bisexual orientation during adolescence. The survey was administered to a sample of 224 white & Latino young adults, aged 21-25. Higher rates of family rejection were significantly associated with poorer health outcomes. On […]

Gender differences in suicide-related behaviours were examined in an older adolescent & a young adult sample. As hypothesized, in both samples, gender differences in the expression of suicide-related behaviours were obtained. Males from both sampels endorsed substantially more risk-taking & injury-producing behaviours than females. Males in both samples also reported more negative health-related behaviours. Females […]

The disinclination to discuss suicide is compounded in the law enforcement community where officers are expected “to suck it up” & not admit to problems. The literature is replete with examples of situations where an officer most likely died by suicide but the death was classified as accidental. In addition, careful perusal of officers’ deaths […]

This study estimated the magnitude & costs of problems, including suicide, resulting from underage drinking & compared those costs with associated alcohol sales. Fatal & nonfatal cases attibutable to underage alcohol use were estimated. Underage drinking accounted for at least 16% of alcohol sales in 2001 in the United States & led to 3,170 deaths […]

In this presentation, Achte discussed various forms of indirect self-destructive behaviours, such as excessive eating by individuals & pollution & excessive population growth on a wider, global scale. The motivation for these behaviours were discussed – some times they approximate suicidal imupulses & other times, defensive purposes. The presentation focussed on a broad interpretation of […]

This study examined whether psychiatry residents’ personal variables (such as age, gender, level of training, previous experience with patient suicide, or lawsuits) & their temperamental predispositions had an impact on their decisions to seek involuntary commitment. In a prospective pilot study, all psychiatry residents in Massachusetts were surveyed using a questionnaire that assessed their risk-taking […]

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This study aims to determine if cigarette smoking is associated with engaging in other health-risk behaviours among high school students in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,466 students in senior high schol in Okinawa. In the logistic regression models, controlled for sociodemographic variables, smoking was significantly associated with all health-risk behaviours, including suicide ideation, […]

The goal of this study was to examine whether maladaptive responses to depressed mood are associated with suicide attempts in adults with a history of childhood-onset mood disorders. Participants included 223 young adult probands & 112 controls without a history of psychiatric disorder. Probands were followed for 6-99 months. Compared to controls, probands scored significiantly […]

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This study examined the relationship between a history of suicide attempt & a range of current sexual risk behaviours in a sample of sexually high-risk adolescents. Baseline data from 1,245 sexually active 15-21-year-olds were collected. Accounting for demographic, contextual, & substance use variables, a lifetime history of suicide attempt significantly added to multivariate regression models […]

Data on current drinking, binge drinking, & other health risk behaviours from the 2003 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey were analysed. Binge-drinking rates were similar among boys & girls. Students who binge drank were more likely than both nondrinkers & current drinkers who did not binge to report poor school performance & involvement in other […]

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Please see SIEC #2006-0747 for “Teen risk-taking: a statistical portrait.”

Please see SIEC #2006-0731 for “Multiple threats: the co-occurrence of teen health risk behaviors.”

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Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

The authors examined whether childhood traumas may be a determinant of impulsivity, a personality dimension often associated with suicidal behaviour. 268 abstinent drug dependent patients completed both the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) & the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS). The results showed that there were significant relationships, albeit small, between CTQ scores & BIS impulsivity scores, […]

The main objective of the present study is to enrich current understanding regarding the role of personality traits in the explanation of suicide attempt behaviour. More specifically, it employs Cloninger’s 3 personality dimensions as a tool for predicting suicide attempt behaviour among psychiatric patients. Findings suggest that psychiatric patients with a history of suicide attempt […]

This study investigated the role of dissociation as a mediator of mental health outcomes in children with a history of sexual abuse. In a sample of 114 children & adolescents, sexual abuse history was significantly associated with dissociation. Both sexual abuse & dissociation were independently associated with several indicators of mental health disturbance, including suicidality, […]