TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial resources, adolescent risk behaviour and young adult adjustment
T2 - Is risk taking more dangerous for some than others?
AU - Maggs, Jennifer L.
AU - Frome, Pamela M.
AU - Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
AU - Barber, Bonnie L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada post-doctoral research grant to J. Maggs. The Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions was supported by grants to J. Eccles and B. Barber from the W. T. Grant Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and by a grant to J. Eccles from the Spencer Foundation. We would like to thank Andrew Fuligni, Lisa Colarossi, Debra Josefowicz, and Patricia Wamboldt for their contributions to data collection, coding, and management.
PY - 1997/2
Y1 - 1997/2
N2 - Longitudinal analyses examined the extent to which adolescent alcohol use, illegal drug use, and antisocial behaviour predicted adjustment and risk behaviour during young adulthood, and whether psychosocial resources buffered any impact of risk-taking. American adolescents completed questionnaires in Grade 12 and 2 years later (n = 694). Personal and social resources predicted success in occupational, relational, and health domains. High school risk behaviours predicted decreased success in relational domains, and alcohol use predicted higher educational attainment, independent of the relations with psychosocial resources. Interactions of resources with risk behaviours predicting adjustment were inconsistent, but resources predicted decreased risk behaviours in young adulthood among adolescent risk-takers. Discussion focuses on the value of, and challenges to, research on consequences of adolescent risk taking.
AB - Longitudinal analyses examined the extent to which adolescent alcohol use, illegal drug use, and antisocial behaviour predicted adjustment and risk behaviour during young adulthood, and whether psychosocial resources buffered any impact of risk-taking. American adolescents completed questionnaires in Grade 12 and 2 years later (n = 694). Personal and social resources predicted success in occupational, relational, and health domains. High school risk behaviours predicted decreased success in relational domains, and alcohol use predicted higher educational attainment, independent of the relations with psychosocial resources. Interactions of resources with risk behaviours predicting adjustment were inconsistent, but resources predicted decreased risk behaviours in young adulthood among adolescent risk-takers. Discussion focuses on the value of, and challenges to, research on consequences of adolescent risk taking.
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U2 - 10.1006/jado.1996.0067
DO - 10.1006/jado.1996.0067
M3 - Article
C2 - 9063778
AN - SCOPUS:0031079609
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 20
SP - 103
EP - 119
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 1
ER -
