The mechanism by which risk perception influences active healthy behaviors among teenagers

In order to investigate the relationship between risk perception and proactive health behaviors among adolescents, Study One employed a questionnaire survey. A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Model (RI-CLPM) was used to examine the longitudinal predictive effect of unconditional risk perception on proactive health behaviors. Study Two utilized experimental methods to assess the immediate impact of conditional risk perception on the willingness to engage in proactive health behaviors, along with the underlying mechanisms behind this relationship. The results indicate that: (1) At the individual level, unconditional risk perception and proactive health behaviors are negatively correlated with each other; within individuals, changes in proactive health behaviors significantly predict changes in unconditional risk perception. (2) Compared to those with low conditional risk perceptions…