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Title:: Adolescent Risk-taking Behavior: An Investigation from the Perspective of Educational Phenomenology

Abstract:: Adolescence is a period when risk-taking behaviors occur frequently. Although it is reasonable to regard risk-taking behaviors as problem behaviors, it fails to recognize the significance of risk-taking behaviors for adolescents and thus leads to the ignorance of their standpoint. From the standpoint of adolescents, a risk-taking behavior is the behavior the adolescents take to solve their growth problems, and is an external representation of their inner world. Following the standpoint of educational phenomenology, the primary and fundamental thing is not to correct the risky behavior in the eyes of educators, but to approach the life world and life experience of young people by putting ourselves into their shoes. When educational practice turns to the standpoint of young people, educators should shift from habitual thinking to reflective thinking, from objective interpretation to life experience, and from behavior control to relationship construction.