Dissecting "Peer Presence" and "Decisions" to Deepen Understanding of Peer Influence on Adolescent Risky Choice.

• Autores: Leah H. Somerville, Nadia Haddara, Stephanie F. Sasse, Alea C. Skwara, Joseph M. Moran, Bernd Figner
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 90, Nº. 6, 2019, págs. 2086-2103
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study evaluated the aspects of complex decisions influenced by peers, and components of peer involvement influential to adolescents' risky decisions. Participants (N = 140) aged 13-25 completed the Columbia Card Task (CCT), a risky choice task, isolating deliberation-reliant and affect-reliant decisions while alone, while a friend monitors choices, and while a friend is merely present. There is no condition in which a nonfriend peer is present. Results demonstrated the risk-increasing peer effect occurred in the youngest participants in the cold CCT and middle-late adolescents in the hot CCT, whereas other ages and contexts showed a risk-decreasing peer effect. Mere presence was not sufficient to influence risky behavior. These boundaries in age, decision, and peer involvement constrain prevailing models of adolescent peer influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]