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Haddad, Anneke D. M., Harrison, Freya, Norman, Thomas and Lau, Jennifer Y.F. (2014) Adolescent and adult risk-taking in virtual social contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 . 1476. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01476 ISSN 1664-1078.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01476
Abstract
There is a paucity of experimental data addressing how peers influence adolescent risk-taking. Here, we examined peer effects on risky decision-making in adults and adolescents using a virtual social context that enabled experimental control over the peer “interactions.” 40 adolescents (age 11–18) and 28 adults (age 20–38) completed a risk-taking (Wheel of Fortune) task under four conditions: in private; while being observed by (fictitious) peers; and after receiving ‘risky’ or ‘safe’ advice from the peers. For high-risk gambles (but not medium-risk or even gambles), adolescents made more risky decisions under peer observation than adults. Adolescents, but not adults, tended to resist ‘safe’ advice for high-risk gambles. Although both groups tended to follow ‘risky’ advice for high-risk gambles, adults did so more than adolescents. These findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between the effects of peer observation and peer advice on risky decision-making.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Frontiers in Psychology | ||||||
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | ||||||
ISSN: | 1664-1078 | ||||||
Official Date: | 18 December 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | 5 | ||||||
Article Number: | 1476 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01476 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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