TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Why do boys engage in more risk taking than girls? The role of attributions, beliefs, and risk appraisals
JO  - Journal of pediatric psychology
A1  - Rennie, H.
A1  - Morrongiello, Barbara A.
SP  - 33
EP  - 43
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-8693
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/23.1.33
ID  - ref1
ER  -