Cognitive control, reward sensitivity and risk-taking in adolescence – research perspectives of the dual systems model

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Joanna Fryt ◽  
Karolina Czernecka
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Reward Sensitivity ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Research Perspectives

scholarly journals The value of the dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Strang ◽  
Jason M. Chein ◽  
Laurence Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Adolescent Risk

scholarly journals Is the impact of high reward sensitivity and poor cognitive control on adolescent risk-taking more visible in rewarding conditions?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Fryt ◽  
Tomasz Smoleń ◽  
Karolina Czernecka ◽  
Monika Szczygieł ◽  
Amelia La Torre
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Reward Sensitivity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
High Reward ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Driving Task ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAdolescents are expected to take more risks than adults. The presented study was designed to determine whether adolescent risk-taking results from high reward sensitivity and poor cognitive control. In particular, we aimed to examine whether the impact of these variables is more visible in rewarding than non-rewarding conditions. Ninety adolescents (aged 13–16) and 95 young adults (aged 20–28) took part in the study. We used a driving task in rewarded and non-rewarded conditions to measure risk-taking. We also used tasks measuring reward sensitivity, cognitive control and impulsivity. Additionally we used self-report measures of reward sensitivity, self-control and everyday risk-taking to see whether the effects observed for self-reports mimic the effects observed for behavioral tasks. We found that the higher the reward sensitivity, the more adolescents (but not adults) risk in the rewarded condition of a driving task. We found no impact of cognitive control or impulsivity on risk-taking, regardless of age and condition. At the self-report level, we found that the higher the reward sensitivity and the poorer the self-control, the more both adolescents and adults displayed everyday risk-taking behavior.

Interaction of reward seeking and self-regulation in the prediction of risk taking: A cross-national test of the dual systems model.

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1593-1605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Duell ◽  
Laurence Steinberg ◽  
Jason Chein ◽  
Suha M. Al-Hassan ◽  
Dario Bacchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Reward Seeking ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
National Test ◽  
Cross National

Are Teens Being Unfairly Punished? Applying the Dual Systems Model of Adolescent Risk-Taking to Sexting Among Adolescents

Youth Justice ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katlin J. Rhyner ◽  
Carolyn A. Uhl ◽  
Cheryl A. Terrance
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Sex Offender Registry ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Legal Consequences

The current review frames an understanding of ‘sexting’ among adolescents within the dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking. Adolescent sexting has been growing in popularity in recent years. When adolescents share sexual images, they face the possibility of serious consequences in the United States, such as being added to the sex offender registry. The dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking suggests teenagers engage in risky behavior due to the under development of impulse control and a peak in reward sensitivity. It is argued that the possible legal consequences of teenage sexting do not fit the developmental level of teenagers.

scholarly journals Is the impact of high reward sensitivity and poor cognitive control on adolescent risk-taking more visible in rewarding conditions?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Fryt ◽  
Tomasz Smoleń ◽  
Karolina Czernecka ◽  
Monika Szczygieł ◽  
Amelia La Torre
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Reward Sensitivity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
High Reward ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Driving Task ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Adolescents are expected to take more risks than adults. The presented study was designed to determine whether adolescent risk-taking results from high reward sensitivity and poor cognitive control. In particular, we aimed to examine whether the impact of these variables is more visible in rewarding than non-rewarding conditions. Ninety adolescents (aged 13–16) and 95 young adults (aged 20–28) took part in the study. We used a driving task in rewarded and non-rewarded conditions to measure risk-taking. We also used tasks measuring reward sensitivity, cognitive control and impulsivity. Additionally we used self-report measures of reward sensitivity, self-control and everyday risk-taking to see whether the effects observed for self-reports mimic the effects observed for behavioral tasks. We found that the higher the reward sensitivity, the more adolescents (but not adults) risk in the rewarded condition of a driving task. We found no impact of cognitive control or impulsivity on risk-taking, regardless of age and condition. At the self-report level, we found that the higher the reward sensitivity and the poorer the self-control, the more both adolescents and adults displayed everyday risk-taking behavior.

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