Citation

Somerville LH, Haddara N, Sasse SF, Skwara AC, Moran JM, Figner B. Child Dev. 2018; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Radboud University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.13081

PMID

29701282

Abstract

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.

© 2018 Society for Research in Child Development.

Language: en