Encore - Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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The Role of Parents and Peers in Teens Risk-Taking Behaviors
There's an idea that the teenagers are egged on by their peers to take risks. What have you found in your research to parents or peers have more influence when it comes to teens risk-taking? Yeah, so there is absolutely this stereotype out there that peers are going to drive adolescents to engage in largely negative behaviors and that parents have less of a role in affecting their teens decision-making. And what we find is that teens are more likely to go along with what their parent says than with what their peer says for example.
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