Parents, Peers, and Health Risk Behavior In Adolescence

描述(由申请人提供)：在青春期参与健康危险行为尤为突出，考虑到这一时期面临的具体发展挑战(对于父母和青少年)，这并不令人惊讶。这项研究的主要目的将是评估，随着时间的推移，未能就青少年面临的关键发展挑战进行谈判是如何促使一些青少年与从事健康危险行为的同龄人接触，进而推动他们自己参与此类行为。据推测，参与健康危险行为会使青少年面临身体健康问题的风险。我们将考察几种调解和调解模式。 这项研究将使用大样本(N=200)被法院转介的青少年(11-16岁)，将使用青少年和父母报告。获得这一样本将大大增加现有研究，因为它们往往研究不足，特别是在健康问题方面，并将增加对高危人群的了解。所提出的理解青少年健康危险行为的发展方法有可能促进对青少年、家庭和同伴在决定青少年健康危险行为的水平和结果方面的性质的科学理解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Involvement in health risk behaviors is particularly salient during adolescence, which is not surprising given the specific developmental challenges faced during this time (for parents and adolescents). The primary aim of this research will be to assess, over time, how failure to negotiate key developmental challenges faced by adolescents drive some adolescents to become involved with peers who engage in health risk behaviors, in turn driving their own involvement in such behavior. It is hypothesized that involvement in health risk behavior will put the adolescent at risk for physical health problems. Several mediating and moderating models will be examined. The study will be conducted using a large sample (N=200) of court-referred adolescents (ages 11-16), both youth and parent report will be used. Obtaining this sample will significantly add to the existing research, for they are often understudied, particularly with respect to health issues, and will add to the understanding of a high risk population. The proposed developmental approach to understanding adolescent health risk behaviors has the potential to inform scientific understanding regarding the nature of adolescent, family, and peer roles in determining level and outcome of adolescent health risk behaviors.