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Adolescent: adolescents and young adults – 15 to 24 years old
Exposure “The parallel concept for risk is exposure, which means the extent of being exposed to the hazard Injury defined to include unintentional injuries, violence and self harm
Risk “The concept of risk is usually defined as a combination of the probability of damage and the seriousness of the consequences…”
Risk-taking defined as voluntary and conscious exposure to danger. Three elements are present in risk taking 1) The voluntary aspect, i.e. a possibility to choose or avoid the action, 2) negativity of outcome, and 3) chance of realization of negative consequences. “In risk-taking the subject has an active, choosing role, whereas risk and exposure are based on calculations in which the role of the subject is passive”.
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