For adolescents, the concept of health covers three aspects: good physical condition, well-being and absence of disease (4). Their perception of health is immediate; they do not conceive it as a good to preserve for the future. Similarly, they are not aware that they are actors; for them, health depends on external factors. They therefore favor the immediate satisfaction of their desires. The short-term benefits prevail over hypothetical or long-term negative consequences.
- Risk behavior can have short-term health consequences, such as accidents due to behavior such as ethyl comas and road accidents.
- The risky behavior can be transmitted from one person to another in the same company, if a person sees an idol taking risks, he will do the same.
- risk behavior can have an impact on long-term physical and mental health, such as for people who smoke, who drink alcohol or who use drugs.