THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL REGULATION ON RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOUR IN LATE ADOLESCENCE
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Late adolescence is associated with a period of vulnerability to engage in risk-taking behaviour. Risk-taking behaviour in late adolescence can be in the form of drinking, smoking, risky sexual behaviour, and speeding on the streets. Risk-taking behaviour can have a negative impact on the physical and mental health of late adolescence. Late adolescence’s involvement in risk-taking behaviour can be caused by the limitations in controlling impulses and regulating their emotions. This study aims to determine whether emotional regulation has an influence on risk-taking behaviour in late adolescence. This research is a quantitative research using a non-probability sampling technique, namely purposive sampling by distributing the questionnaire online. Participants in this study consisted of 448 adolescents with an age range of 17-21 years. The measuring instrument used in this research are the Adolescence Risk-Taking Questionnaire (ARQ) from Gullone et al. (2000) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) from Gross and John (2003) which have been translated into Indonesian. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant negative effect between emotion regulation and risk-taking behaviour in late adolescence with a value of R2 = .314, F = 67.873, p = .000 < .05. These results indicate that the higher the emotional regulation of late adolescence, the lower the level of involvement in risk-taking behaviour.
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