Risk-taking tendency and anti-social behaviors in early adolescence -Aggravating effect of peer conformity-

This study examined two competing hypotheses regarding the moderators of the association between relational aggression and peer status in early adolescence. The mitigation relational aggression hypothesis examined whether positive social behaviors reduced the negative effects of relational aggression, thus amplifying the association between relational aggression and perceived popularity. The effective use of relational aggression hypothesis examined whether leadership skills facilitated the proficient use of relational aggression, thus amplifying the association between relational aggression and perceived popularity. Participants were 158 fifth graders (52% female). Post hoc analyses indicated that for girls, leadership significantly moderated the association between relational aggression and perceived popularity after controlling for positive social behaviors. Positive social behaviors did not similarly moderate the association between relational aggression and perceived popularity for boys or girls. Our results demonstrated that in the context of greater leadership, female early adolescents who used more relational aggression were perceived as more popular.

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The role of personality, family influences, and prosocial risk-taking behavior on substance use in early adolescence

Journal of Adolescence ◽

10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.07.003 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 871-881 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Andrew P. Wood ◽

Sharon Dawe ◽

Matthew J. Gullo

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Family Influences ◽

Risk Taking Behavior

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Alcohol use in early adolescence: the effect of changes in risk taking, perceived harm and friends' alcohol use.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol ◽

10.15288/jsa.2005.66.275 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 275-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Kimberly L Henry ◽

Michael D Slater ◽

Eugene R Oetting

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Changes In Risk ◽

Perceived Harm

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A meta-analysis of the effects of transcranial direct current brain stimulation on multiple realms of social behavior

10.31234/osf.io/yub4h ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Beth Bell

Keyword(s):

Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Publication Bias ◽

Direct Current ◽

Brain Stimulation ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Region Of Interest ◽

Social Behaviors ◽

High Likelihood ◽

Significant Publication Bias

This meta-analysis examines the effects of transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) applied to the prefrontal cortex on a variety of social behaviors including aggression, overeating, impulsivity, bias, honesty, and risk-taking. 48 studies were included in this meta-analysis, N=2,196. tDCS was found to have an overall effect size of d=-0.2, which means tDCS reduced the undesirable behavior by a small but significant amount. tDCS was most effective at reducing risk-taking behavior, bias, and overeating. tDCS was not significantly effective at reducing aggression, impulsivity, or dishonesty. Moderators such as brain region of interest, online versus offline stimulation, within versus between subjects designs, dose, and duration were examined. Publication bias was also examined with three different tools, and significant publication bias was found in the literature in this meta-analysis. These findings indicate high likelihood that many tDCS studies with null findings exist and have not been added to our published literature. Taken together, these results suggest that tDCS works better on some social behaviors than others, but overall, can reduce antisocial behavior by a small but significant amount.Keywords: transcranial direct current stimulation, meta-analysis, social psychology, prefrontal cortex, prosocial behavior

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