Risk-taking behaviour can adversely affect the health of teens and adversely effect the society at large. It is important to identify the factors that have a bearing on risk-taking tendency to take proactive measures so that consequential damage can be prevented. The environment and its perception by adolescents as they grow up and spend most of their time in is crucial in shaping their personalities. The current research was conducted on adolescents to study their tendency toward high-risk behaviours.

Adolescents, adolescent behaviour, counselling interventions, high risk behaviour tendency, mental well-being