Understanding Risky Behavior Engagement AmongstChinese Adolescents

摘要

The goal of the current study is to examinewhether neuroticism, cognitive emotional regulation defi-cits, and/or their interaction predict increased engagementin risky behaviors following increases in symptoms ofdepression. At Time 1, 41 1 Chinese adolescents from YueYang, Hunan completed self-report measures assessingcognitive emotion regulation, depressive symptoms, andrisky behavior engagement. Follow-up assessments occur-red once a month for 6 months, and participants completedmeasures assessing depressive symptoms and riskybehavior engagement. In line with our hypotheses, resultsof idiographic, multilevel modeling analyses indicated thatindividuals who exhibited high levels of neuroticism and atendency to utilize maladaptive cognitive emotional regu-lation strategies were more likely than individualspossessing only one or neither of these vulnerability factorsto report greater engagement in risky behaviors followingincreases in symptoms of depression.