Adolescent Risk -Taking Assignment
Goal: Use the available research to develop prevention programs
This assignment requires you to use the available (scholarly) information about the research on adolescence and risk taking to think about how you would develop and implement a prevention program in one “risk” area.
Begin with the following sources provided by your instructor:
· Dr. Linda Mayes discusses the science on adolescent
ain development and factors and risks that impact decisionCmaking (Yale School of Medicine 12 minute podcastCTeen Brains Wired to Take Risks)
· Steinberg, L XXXXXXXXXXRisk taking in adolescence: New perspectives from
ain and behavioral science. Cu
ent Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 55C59.
· See http:
igthink.com/ideas/17989 for Steinberg’s discussion of these topics.
These sources present information about several biological and environmental influences on teen riskCtaking behaviors (for example, unprotected sexual activity, substance abuse; “reckless driving”; teen violence, etc). The researchers discuss – at least
iefly – a logic that suggests cu
ent approaches to creating programs may not be successful because they have not been grounded in the cu
ent understanding the science of adolescent development.
STEPS TO COMPLETE THIS PAPER
1. This project will require you to first process, synthesize, and then summarize the information from the assigned sources. (1 page minimum, 2 page maximum)
2. After you have finished reading and summarizing the main points from the two sources, conduct further research related to prevention programs for one area of riskCtaking. (For example, research on the prevention of reckless driving, substance abuse, the effectiveness of pregnancy prevention through abstinence only interventions; HIV prevention; prevention of teen violence.) For this portion, you must locate at least 2 additional scholarly sources that are recent (e.g. it is 2012K please do not include source information older than 5K7 years old unless you have discussed it with your instructor). Here is one link that describes “scholarly” sources:
http:
www.li
ary.uiuc.edu/ugl/howdoi/scholarly.html Sources also may
come from reputable websites (e.g. .gov; .edu; or websites devoted to creating
prevention programs). When in doubt about a source, it’s best to discuss this with the instructor. Summarize what you have found from your research, citing sources in APA format. (~ 1K2 pages maximum) After synthesizing the information from all the sources you have examined (the assigned sources and your research), imagine a world in which you had the means and could use those resources to develop and implement a strategy based on the science available.
Describe your program/intervention. **However, be sure to back your proposal up with information from the researchV you were provided with and any additional research you were able to locate (.5 to 1.5 pages)
3. The final product should be a 4K6Kpage paper. Please submit your paper to the assignment link provided for the following week. (Sources should be sited in APA format inCtext and in the in references at the end of your paper). For a short link that can help you with APA format see http:
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
esource/560/01
Please do not include anecdotal information in this paper.
Resources to Explore for Risk Taking Pape
Feel free to utilize any of these resources and/or others as necessary for your Risk Taking Paper. These sources present information about several biological and environmental influences on teen risk taking behaviors (for example, unprotected sexual activity, substance abuse; “reckless driving”; teen violence, etc).
One of the question to ponder is, are the cu
ent approaches to creating programs unsuccessful because they have not been grounded in the cu
ent understanding of the science of adolescent development?
Albert, D., Chein, J., & Steinberg, L XXXXXXXXXXPeer influences on adolescent decision-making. Cu
ent Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 80-86.
http:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075496
http:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S XXXXXXXXXX
http:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445337
http:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396566/