TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Social norms in adolescent risk engagement and recommendation
JO  - British journal of developmental psychology
A1  - Ciranka, Simon
A1  - van den Bos, Wouter
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0261-510X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12369
ID  - ref1
ER  -