TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Peers' choices influence adolescent risk-taking especially when explicit risk information is lacking
JO  - Journal of research on adolescence
A1  - Osmont, Anaïs
A1  - Camarda, Anaëlle
A1  - Habib, Marianne
A1  - Cassotti, Mathieu
SP  - 402
EP  - 416
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examines the impact of peers' previous cautious versus risky choices on adolescents' risk-taking depending on the level of information about the risk. Adolescents completed an adaptation of the BART that manipulated social influence (cautious and risky) and risk information (i.e., informed, noninformed). <br><br>RESULTS showed that social influence impacts adolescents' decisions on the noninformed BART but not on the informed BART. In the noninformed BART, the peers' cautious choices strongly decreased risk-taking and led to greater performance. The peers' risky choices increase adolescents' risk-taking, but this effect is limited to situations involving minimal risk. Thus social experience may be a specific social context that represents a valuable source of information during adolescence, especially in situations with high uncertainty.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1050-8392
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12611
ID  - ref1
ER  -