@article{ref1,
title="Why do boys engage in more risk taking than girls? The role of attributions, beliefs, and risk appraisals",
journal="Journal of pediatric psychology",
year="1998",
author="Rennie, H. and Morrongiello, Barbara A.",
volume="23",
number="1",
pages="33-43",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Assessed for age and sex differences in school-age children's reporting of injury-risk behaviors, ratings of injury-risk in various play situations, attributions for injuries (self, other, bad luck), and beliefs about their vulnerability to injury in comparison to their peers (more, less, comparable vulnerability). METHODS: We used a structured interview and drawings that depicted children showing wary or confident facial expressions when engaged in injury-risk play activities. RESULTS: Children's reported risk taking could be predicted from their risk appraisals, beliefs about the likelihood of injury, and attributions of injuries to bad luck, and these factors resulted 80% correct assignment of cases by sex in a discriminant analysis. The wary affect display resulted in higher injury-risk ratings than the confident display, with this effect being greater for girls than boys. CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive-based factors differentiate boys from girls and contribute to sex differences in children's injury-risk behaviors.",
language="en",
issn="0146-8693",
doi="10.1093/jpepsy/23.1.33",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/23.1.33"
}