Acculturation, Psychological Functioning, and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Hispanic Young Adults

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariz Rojas ◽  
Vicky Phares ◽  
Seth J. Schwartz ◽  
Su Yeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Risk factors of adolescent and young adult trauma victims

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 370-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
NS Redeker ◽  
SC Smeltzer ◽  
J Kirkpatrick ◽  
S Parchment
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Trauma Center ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Trauma Victims ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Trauma Recidivism ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

BACKGROUND: Repeated injury, or recidivism, because of intentional or unintentional injury is a growing chronic health problem among urban adolescents and young adults in the United States. OBJECTIVE: To describe demographic, social, environmental, psychological, and developmental antecedents and risk-taking behaviors, and to examine their relationships to type of trauma and rate of trauma recidivism in adolescent and young adults in an urban trauma center. METHODS: One hundred adolescent and young adult trauma victims in an urban trauma center were interviewed, using the Adolescent Risk-Taking Instrument, the Brief Anger/Aggression Questionnaire, and the Trauma Risk Factor Interview Schedule. Bivariate correlation, multiple regression, and discriminant function analysis were used to examine the data. RESULTS: Of the sample, 89% experienced trauma related to interpersonal violence, including firearm injuries, stab wounds, and blunt trauma. Male gender, unemployment, past arrest, lower levels of spirituality, and higher levels of anger/aggression and thrill-seeking accounted for 25% of the variance in the number of risk-taking behaviors. Factors such as male gender, past arrest, unemployment, having been a crime victim in the past, lower autonomy, use of weapons, fighting, and no psychological counseling distinguished subjects with firearm-related injuries from subjects with other injury sources. Use of alcohol on weekdays, past arrest, and higher education levels were associated with trauma recidivism, explaining 14% of the variance. CONCLUSIONS: Social/environmental and psychological/developmental variables, as well as risk-taking behaviors, are important correlates of trauma and recidivism. These findings suggest the importance of advocacy for social policies conductive to reducing the risks of violence and trauma and risk-reduction interventions as components of posttrauma care.

scholarly journals Emotional violence in childhood and health conditions, risk-taking behaviors, and violence perpetration among young adults in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 104510
Author(s):  
Francis B. Annor ◽  
Leah K. Gilbert ◽  
Evelyn P. Davila ◽  
Greta M. Massetti ◽  
Howard Kress ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Violence Perpetration ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

P276 Predicting latent classes of food allergy risk-taking behaviors among adolescents and young adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. S104
Author(s):  
C. Warren ◽  
A. Dyer ◽  
B. Smith ◽  
R. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Latent Classes ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Correlates of Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Young Adults

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Laberge ◽  
Yvan Lussier ◽  
Natacha Godbout
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

scholarly journals Life History Theory: Evolutionary mechanisms and gender role on risk-taking behaviors in young adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 110752
Author(s):  
Javier Salas-Rodríguez ◽  
Luis Gómez-Jacinto ◽  
María Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life History ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life History Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanisms ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Mental Health, Coping Styles, and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Young Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siamak Khodarahimi ◽  
Rayhan Fathi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

scholarly journals Adverse Childhood Experiences and HIV Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Young Adults in Malawi

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1710-1730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin VanderEnde ◽  
Laura Chiang ◽  
James Mercy ◽  
Mary Shawa ◽  
Justin Hamela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Hiv Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) exhibit a dose–response association with poor health outcomes in adulthood, including HIV. In this analysis, we explored the relationship between ACEs and HIV sexual risk-taking behaviors among young adults in Malawi. We analyzed responses from sexually active 19- to 24-year-old males and females ( n = 610) participating in the Malawi Violence Against Children Survey. We tested the association between respondents’ exposure to six ACEs (having experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence; witnessing intimate partner violence or an attack in the community; one or both parents died) and infrequent condom use in the past year and multiple sexual partners in the past year. We used logistic regression to test the association between ACEs and these sexual risk-taking behaviors. A majority (82%) of respondents reported at least 1 ACE, and 29% reported 3+ ACEs. We found positive unadjusted associations between the number of ACEs (1-2 and 3+ vs. none) and both outcomes. In adjusted models, we found positive associations between the number of ACEs and infrequent condom use (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.7, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.0, 7.8]; aOR: 3.7, CI: [1.3, 11.1]). Among young adults in Malawi, exposure to ACEs is positively associated, in a dose–response fashion, with engaging in some sexual risk-taking behaviors. HIV prevention efforts in Malawi may benefit from prioritizing programs and policies aimed at preventing and responding to violence against children.

Sexually transmitted diseases among young adults: Prevalence, perceived risk, and risk-taking behaviors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Wildsmith ◽  
Erin Schelar ◽  
Kristen Peterson ◽  
Jennifer Manlove
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Risk-Taking Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults with Food Allergy

2008 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. S236-S236
Author(s):  
H SHARMA ◽  
C RAND ◽  
E MATSUI ◽  
S DOWSHEN ◽  
N IZENBERG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Working Memory Capacity and Life Stress As Predictors of Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasey Windnagel ◽  
Brianna M. Scott ◽  
Ashleigh F. Berman ◽  
Matthew G. Levy ◽  
Rebecca Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors
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