How does a risk factor differ from a protective factor? a risk factor refers to peers who influence a person's potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor refers to family influences. a risk factor describes a person's potential for harmful actions and a protective factor describes a person's thought process for resisting harmful actions. a risk factor increases a person's potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor decreases it. a risk factor decreases a person's potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor increases it.

risk factors are characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community, or cultural level that precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes. protective factors are characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that reduce a risk factor's impactanswer; //. (a risk factor increases a person's potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor decreases it.)   plz check first good luck

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i think itś the 2nd one because its not anything major like having sex. its putting limits to your self if that makes sense.

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