The Relationship Between Trait Anxiety and Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior: The Influencing Mechanism Based on the Dual-Systems Model

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.04.014

Abstract

Abstract: In order to investigate the relationship between trait anxiety and adolescents’ risky behavior and to explore its possible influencing mechanism based on the dual-systems model, the present study conducted a questionnaire survey on 1720 (a final sample of 1549 was available) adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. These questionnaires included the Trait Anxiety Scale, Trait Self-Control Scale, Sensation Seeking Scale, and Adolescent Multi-Domain Risk Behavior Scale. The results showed that: 1) trait anxiety positively predicted adolescents’ risky behavior, and trait self-control played a mediating role in the relationship between trait anxiety and risky behavior; 2) sensation seeking moderated the latter half of the mediating process, that is, the higher the level of sensation seeking, the greater the predictive effect of trait self-control on risk-taking behavior.

Key words: anxiety, adolescent, risk-taking behavior, trait self-control, sensation seeking

摘要： 为了考察特质焦虑与青少年冒险行为的关系并基于双系统模型探究其中的影响机制，本研究采用特质焦虑问卷、简版自我控制量表、感觉寻求量表和青少年多领域冒险行为问卷对1720名12～18岁的青少年进行问卷调查，共回收有效数据1549份。结果发现：（1）特质焦虑能正向预测青少年的冒险行为，自我控制在特质焦虑与冒险行为间的关系中起中介作用；（2）感觉寻求调节了该中介过程的后半路径，即个体的感觉寻求水平越高，自我控制对冒险行为的预测作用越大。

关键词: 焦虑, 青少年, 冒险行为, 自我控制, 感觉寻求

CLC Number:

B844

LI Xiaoming, LIU Xiaodan, DAI Ting. The Relationship Between Trait Anxiety and Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior: The Influencing Mechanism Based on the Dual-Systems Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(4): 529-535.

李晓明, 刘小丹, 戴婷. 特质焦虑与青少年冒险行为的关系：基于双系统模型的机制探讨[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(4): 529-535.

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