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Doctoral Thesis | Psychology | India | Volume 13 Issue 8, August 2024 | Rating: 5.4 / 10
Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviour in Context of Identity Formation
Dr. Inderpreet Sandhu, Vikramjeet Singh
Abstract: Adolescence is the period when youth begins to experiment with risky behaviours. It has been consistently established that in comparison to other life phases, the adolescent years are marked by a heightened tendency for recklessness, thrill-seeking, and risk-taking behavior. Identity development is an important predictor of high-risk behavior, as individual personality and behavioral traits are importantly associated with high-risk behavior. A coherent sense of identity helps to organize and give meaning to one?s experiences and to guide one?s decisions and behaviors, whereas a fragmented, confused, or poorly structured sense of identity may render one especially susceptible to external events. The current research aims to study the risk-taking behaviours of Indian adolescents in the context of their identity development. For this purpose, Adolescent Risk Taking Questionnaire (2000) and Identity Styles Inventory by Berzonsky (1997) were used to study the association between adolescent risk-taking behaviour with identity styles. Participants (N=620 adolescents (310 boys & and 310 girls); M (age) =16.01 years) were selected from the city based schools from Punjab. Pearson Product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis were applied to see the correlation between risky behaviours and identity styles and t-test was used to see the gender differences. The result of the present research indicated that the risk-taking behaviours in adolescents are inversely correlated with the of Informational, Normative identity styles, while positively correlated with the Diffuse identity style. The current paper would be helpful in examining and predicting the phenomenon of risk-taking behaviour in adolescent and thus, be of value to the relevant stakeholders.
Keywords: Adolescents, risk-taking behaviours in adolescence, Identity development, personality and behavioural traits, identity styles
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 8, August 2024,
Pages: 1675 - 1681