Risk through the Years--A Statistical Portrait of Young People's Risk Perceptions and Experiences Relative to Those of Older Generations

Autor/in	Cebulla, Andreas
Titel	Risk through the Years--A Statistical Portrait of Young People's Risk Perceptions and Experiences Relative to Those of Older Generations
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 12 (2009) 1, S.39-56 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
Schlagwörter	Risk; Risk Management; Cognitive Structures; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Adolescent Attitudes; Statistical Surveys; Developmental Psychology; Age Differences; Community Surveys; Social Support Groups; Cohort Analysis; Coping; Defense Mechanisms; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Risikomanagement; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Statistische Erhebung; Entwicklungspsychologie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Kohortenanalyse; Bewältigung; Abwehrverhalten
Abstract	Youth and adolescence are associated with significant changes in a person's life. According to risk theory, the changes experienced by young people today are fundamentally different from those experienced by previous generations and entail a greater degree of uncertainty. In this paper, survey and interview data are used to describe how contemporary risk experiences of young people in Britain differ from those of older generations, highlighting, in particular, their greater frequency and difference in type. Young people are also more likely to be worried about risk, and this remains the case well beyond the years of adolescence. In dealing with these real or anticipated risks, young and adolescent people turn to the traditional sources of family and friends to obtain advice. Using career decisions as a case study, we show that, whereas young people and their parents often share their risk assessments as they take into account each other's decision-making context, understanding is reduced if career paths diverge. (Contains 3 notes, 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10