Sensation Seeking, Peer Influence, and Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents

Table 2

Pearson product moment correlation between sensation seeking, peer influences, and risk-taking behavior in adolescents (N = 200).

Variables	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. Age	−0.23	0.06	0.13	−0.03	−0.06	0.17	0.01	0.13	0.06	0.16
2. Gender		−0.41	−0.20	−0.23	−0.39	−0.36	0.18	−0.32	−0.26	−0.26
3. Sensation seeking		-	0.65	0.77	0.81	0.69	−0.06	0.63	0.54	0.49
4. Experience seeking			-	0.37	0.35	0.25	0.04	0.35	0.31	0.27
5. Thrill and adventure seeking				-	0.56	0.35	−0.00	0.61	0.50	0.49
6. Disinhibition					-	0.43	−0.03	0.55	0.50	0.39
7. Boredom susceptibility						-	−0.19	0.35	0.27	0.30
8. Peer influences							-	0.14	0.17	0.06
9. Total risk-taking								-	0.83	0.73
10. Stimulating risk-taking									-	0.33
11. Instrumental risk-taking										-

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