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01-02-2006 | Original Article

Risk behaviour in adolescence: the relationship between developmental and health problems

Authors: Klaus Hurrelmann, Matthias Richter

Published in: Journal of Public Health | Issue 1/2006

Abstract

Current research is beginning to suggest that the descriptive knowledge base of adolescent risk behaviour is not conceptually based and is inadequate to sufficiently inform a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health and risk. The aim of this paper is to contribute towards the knowledge of adolescent risk behaviour. Building on a developmental perspective, links between health risk behaviour and the socialisation process in adolescence are discussed, and developmental functions and characteristics of risk behaviour are thereby investigated in light of a psychosocial stress model. An integrative model of adolescent problem handling is proposed that distinguishes three different forms of risk behaviour: externalisation, internalisation, and evasive risk behaviours. These are further elaborated on the basis of results from the latest World Health Organization Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Finally, conclusions for future research and health-promoting strategies are given.

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Title: Risk behaviour in adolescence: the relationship between developmental and health problems
Authors: Klaus Hurrelmann
Matthias Richter
Publication date: 01-02-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Public Health / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 2198-1833
Electronic ISSN: 1613-2238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-005-0005-5

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