Youth High-Risk Behaviors: Survey and Results

✍ Scribed by Patricia Stevens; Juree Griffin

• Book ID: 102870730
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 940 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-3835
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2001.tb00159.x

✦ Synopsis

Youth seem to be engaging in increasingly severe risk behaviors. Understanding the connections between these behaviors and other factors may assist in developing appropriate intervention/prevention programs. This article presents results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results indicate a critical age for involvement in risk behaviors, gradual increase in risk behaviors over time, and gender differences in risk behaviors.