Researchers have long known that religious teens are less likely to engage in risky behavior. My team’s research explains why. We surveyed multiple times the religious beliefs and risk behavior of ...

Assessment of risky sexual behavior is somewhat challenging, particularly when adolescents are involved. Measurement of behavior usually relies on verbal reports, which can suffer from a number of ...

The stereotype for teenagers (particularly teenage boys) is that they engage in risky behavior. For example, teenage drivers are far more likely to get in car accidents than older drivers. A central ...

A new study suggests that encountering reminders of romance can lead individuals to take greater risks. This influence ...

Frequent, mandatory surveillance testing was one of the techniques deployed in some jurisdictions in an attempt to control COVID-19, but new research shows that such testing may have the unintended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Risky behaviors by humans, from benignly walking a dog along a canal to knowingly swimming in alligator infested water, are ...

When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors of healthy aging.

New research challenges the notion that good looks are the key to happiness. It turns out that an attractive appearance leads to more risky behavior among young people. The more attractive a teenager ...

Is beauty worth the risk? Depends on how jealous you are. Alex Kinkate/Pexels What would you do for love? Everyone wants to be better looking, more beautiful, and more appealing to potential romantic ...