TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - For better or for worse: social influences on risk-taking
JO  - Journal of social psychology
A1  - McCoy, Shelly Sadek
A1  - Natsuaki, Misaki N.
SP  - 139
EP  - 151
VL  - 158
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2017.1294139
ID  - ref1
ER  -