@article{ref1,
title="Exploring Relations Between Positive Mood State and School-Age Children's Risk Taking",
journal="Journal of pediatric psychology",
year="2014",
author="Morrongiello, Barbara A. and Stewart, Julia and Pope, Kristina and Pogrebtsova, Ekaterina and Boulay, Karissa-June",
volume="40",
number="4",
pages="406-418",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:  To examine whether children engage in greater risk taking when in a positive versus neutral mood state, and whether positive urgency trait relates to risk taking. <br><br>METHODS:  Positive mood in 7-10-year-old children was induced experimentally, and children's risk-taking intentions and actual behaviors were measured when the child was in a positive and neutral mood state.  RESULTS:  Within-person comparisons revealed that children showed greater risk-taking intentions and actual risk behaviors when in a positive mood state compared with a neutral one. Positive urgency was associated with greater risk taking when in a positive mood state, and this effect was stronger in the actual risk taking than intentions to risk take task.  CONCLUSIONS:  Mood state affects children's risk taking. Positive mood is associated with greater risk taking in elementary-school children, and those high in positive urgency are especially likely to show this effect. Implications for injury prevention are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-8693",
doi="10.1093/jpepsy/jsu100",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsu100"
}