TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of Multifaceted Risk Taking and the Relations to Sex Steroid Hormones
T2 - A Longitudinal Study
AU - Peper, Jiska S.
AU - Braams, Barbara R.
AU - Blankenstein, Neeltje E.
AU - Bos, Marieke G.N.
AU - Crone, Eveline A.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Risk taking is a multidimensional construct. It is currently unclear which aspects of risk-taking change most during adolescence and if/how sex hormones contribute to risk-taking tendencies. This study applied a longitudinal design with three time-points, separated by 2 years, in participants aged 8–29 years (670 observations). The Balloon Analogue Risk Task, a delay discounting task, and various self-report questionnaires were administered, to measure aspects of risk taking. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated mostly nonlinear age-related patterns in risk-taking behavior and approach-related personality characteristics (peaking in late adolescence). Increased testosterone and estradiol were found to increase risk-taking behavior and impulsive personality, but decrease avoidance-like personality. This study demonstrates that risk taking is most pronounced in mid-to-late adolescence and suggests that sex hormones accelerate this maturational process.
AB - Risk taking is a multidimensional construct. It is currently unclear which aspects of risk-taking change most during adolescence and if/how sex hormones contribute to risk-taking tendencies. This study applied a longitudinal design with three time-points, separated by 2 years, in participants aged 8–29 years (670 observations). The Balloon Analogue Risk Task, a delay discounting task, and various self-report questionnaires were administered, to measure aspects of risk taking. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated mostly nonlinear age-related patterns in risk-taking behavior and approach-related personality characteristics (peaking in late adolescence). Increased testosterone and estradiol were found to increase risk-taking behavior and impulsive personality, but decrease avoidance-like personality. This study demonstrates that risk taking is most pronounced in mid-to-late adolescence and suggests that sex hormones accelerate this maturational process.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13063
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13063
M3 - Article
C2 - 29607489
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 89
SP - 1887
EP - 1907
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 5
ER -
