@article{ref1,
title="Imitating the risky decision-making of peers: an experimental study among emerging adults",
journal="Emerging adulthood",
year="2018",
author="Riedijk, Larisa and Harakeh, Zeena",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="255-265",
abstract="This experiment examined whether emerging adults imitate the risky decision-making of peers and whether peer susceptibility functions as a moderator. Overall, 63 emerging adults participated with a confederate of the same gender. The participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (confederate engaged in risky decision-making) or control (confederate did not engage in risky decision-making) condition. Risky decision-making was measured with the Stop-Light Game task, and peer susceptibility was measured with a questionnaire. Linear regression analyses showed that the participants engaged in more risky decision-making when the peer displayed risky decision-making. Peer susceptibility was not found to be a significant moderator of this relationship. The findings showed that health education programs need to consider imitation to reduce the risky decision-making of emerging adults more effectively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2167-6968",
doi="10.1177/2167696817722918",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696817722918"
}