Peers' Choices Influence Adolescent Risk‐taking Especially When Explicit Risk Information is Lacking
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This study examines the impact of peers’ previous cautious versus risky choices on adolescents’ risk-taking depending level information about risk. Adolescents completed an adaptation BART that manipulated social influence (cautious and risky) risk (i.e., informed, noninformed). Results showed impacts decisions noninformed but not informed BART. In BART, strongly decreased led to greater performance. The increase risk-taking, this effect is limited situations involving minimal Thus experience may be a specific context represents valuable source during adolescence, especially in with high uncertainty.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research on Adolescence
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1050-8392', '1532-7795']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12611