Preadolescent decision-making competence predicts interpersonal strengths and difficulties: A 2-year prospective study

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-88

  Weller, Joshua A ^a,b,d   Moholy, Maxwell ^a   Bossard, Elaine ^c   Levin, Irwin P ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Decision making competence; Heuristics and biases; Individual differences; Peer problems; Strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920031337     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1822     Document Type: Article

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