@article{ref1,
title="For better or for worse: social influences on risk-taking",
journal="Journal of social psychology",
year="2018",
author="McCoy, Shelly Sadek and Natsuaki, Misaki N.",
volume="158",
number="2",
pages="139-151",
abstract="This study investigated changes in risk-taking propensity on a behavioral decision-making task as a function of varying social conditions with peers. In contrast to the effects of direct peer influence (pro-risk and anti-risk messages by peers), we included a socially ambiguous context (neutral messages by peers) and a no-peer control (participants alone) as comparison conditions. Using a counterbalanced mixed factorial design, college students (N = 187) completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task-Youth (BART-Y) twice during two consecutive sessions, including once alone and once with a confederate; the control group completed two sessions of the task alone. The findings showed that, in general, direct pro-risk messages led to the most robust and consistent changes in risk-taking. The findings are discussed in terms of the multidimensional and multidirectional nature of peer influence during the college years.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4545",
doi="10.1080/00224545.2017.1294139",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2017.1294139"
}