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Longitudinal trajectories of sensation seeking, risk taking propensity, and impulsivity across early to middle adolescence

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Collado, Anahi, Felton, Julia W., MacPherson, Laura, Lejuez, C.W.·2014·Addictive Behaviors
DOI 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.024PMC PMC4117709
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Adolescent substance use and abuse show associations with increases in disinhibitory constructs, including sensation seeking, risk taking propensity, and impulsivity. However, the longitudinal trajectories of these constructs from early to middle adolescence remain largely unknown. Thus, the current study examined these developmental trajectories in 277 adolescents (Mage=11.00 at Wave 1), over five consecutive yearly waves. Controlling for age, Hierarchical Linear Modeling analyses showed that sensation seeking increased linearly, whereas risk taking propensity and impulsivity demonstrated curvilinear changes. Specifically, risk taking propensity increased in the first four waves of assessment but did not evidence changes at the last assessment wave. Impulsivity, on the other hand peaked at wave four before subsequently declining. A comparison between females and males and Black and White adolescents suggested that these groups' trajectories were similar. Black adolescents' sensation seeking trajectory differed from adolescents who belonged to the "Other" racial group (i.e., adolescents who neither self-identified as Black or White). Generally, the study findings replicate and extend earlier work indicating that these risk factors increase across early adolescence and begin to level-off during middle adolescence. The importance of understanding the natural course of these core constructs is of great importance for directing future relevant prevention and intervention work.

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  • Sensation seeking increases from childhood into adolescence.

    “This overall pattern is further corroborated by a number of longitudinal studies following individuals from childhood into adolescence, which find that sensation seeking increases across this time period”

    From The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation (2016) · cites this paper as Collado et al., 2014

    The Results report that sensation seeking increased over time, and the Method (Participants) says the sample was followed from ages 9–13 to ages 13–18. However, the Discussion describes the finding as an increase from early to middle adolescence; because some participants were already adolescents at the first assessment, the study does not establish an increase from childhood into adolescence for the sample as a whole. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Despite occasional inconsistencies in the literature, self-reported sensation seeking, behavioral measures of reward sensitivity, and neuroimaging studies of reward processing support the contention that reward sensitivity reaches its apex during adolescence.

    “In summary, despite occasional inconsistencies in the literature, self-reported sensation seeking, behavioral measures of reward sensitivity, and neuroimaging studies of reward processing support the contention that reward sensitivity reaches its apex during adolescence (e.g., Barkley-Levenson and Galvan, 2014, Christakou et al., 2011, Collado et al., 2014, Galvan and McGlennen, 2013, MacPherson”

    From The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation (2016) · cites this paper as Collado et al., 2014

    The Discussion (Disinhibition and Development; page unavailable) reports that sensation seeking increased from early to middle adolescence and notes earlier evidence suggesting it peaks during adolescence. But the Limitations section says the study may have missed later changes in sensation seeking; it does not establish when reward sensitivity reaches its apex or provide neuroimaging evidence of reward processing. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  1. Reynolds EK Collado-Rodriguez A MacPherson L Lejuez CW Impulsivity, disinhibition, and risk taking in addiction Miller P Encyclopedia of Addictive Behaviors Kidlington, Oxford Elsevier Limited in press
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Authors
Collado, A., Felton, J. W., MacPherson, L., & Lejuez, C. W.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
ORCID
Venue
Addictive Behaviors
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-11
Volume
39
Issue
11
Pages
1580-1588
ISSN
0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.024
PMC
PMC4117709
OpenAlex
W2086899440
Cited by
131
References
71
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FWCI
10.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
Keywords
sensation seeking, risk propensity, impulsivity, adolescent development, developmental trajectories, adolescent substance use, substance use risk factors, racial differences, gender differences, disinhibition
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Exploratory Behavior, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk-Taking, Substance-Related Disorders

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