Risk-Taking among Filipino Adolescents: A Review with Implications for Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
The paper integrates and analyzes the local data and literature on Filipino adolescent risk-taking published in the last two and a half decades (i.e., since 1981), using a developmental and ecological perspective. The authors first summarize the documented data on the incidence of risky behaviors, specifically substance use, risky sexual activity, and delinquency; second, the factors associated with the risky behaviors are presented; third, the authors analyze the prevalent themes from the literature and propose variables and mechanisms for conceptualizing and explaining adolescent risk-taking. Implications for further local research are discussed, which highlight the need for more complex research designs that attend to theprocesses and multiple contexts of risky behaviors among Filipino youth.
Recommended Citation
Dela Cruz, A. S., Liwag, M. D. & Alampay, L. . (2009). Risk-Taking among Filipino Adolescents: A Review with Implications for Research. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 42(1).
