Most risky behaviors by adolescents help an adolescent to cope and are significant in establishing which of the following?
a. personal territory
b. a break with the role of being a child
c. dominance in the peer group
d. a sense of complete independence from others
B
According to Jessor (1991), most of the risky behaviors seen in adolescence are purposeful and goal oriented. They help the adolescent to cope with anxiety and frustration and to gain peer respect and acceptance and are significant in establishing a break with the status of being a child.
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