@article{ref1,
title="Social norms in adolescent risk engagement and recommendation",
journal="British journal of developmental psychology",
year="2021",
author="Ciranka, Simon and van den Bos, Wouter",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Social influence is an important determinant of adolescent risk-taking, but little is known about how social norms contribute to adolescents' tendency to recommend and engage in risky behaviours. Using the Adolescent Risk-taking Questionnaire, we assessed subjects' (n = 198, age = 10-26) propensity to engage in and recommend risk-taking as well as their perception of risk norms. Adolescents recommended risk-taking more often compared to children and young adults. Perceived social norms were the most important factor predicting engagement in risky behaviours, and adolescents perceived risk-taking to be more normative than children or adults. Our findings highlight two mechanisms that contribute to adolescent risk-taking, active recommendation and perceived social norms. On this basis, we discuss potential means to attenuate excessive adolescent risk-taking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0261-510X",
doi="10.1111/bjdp.12369",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12369"
}