Adolescent and adult risk-taking in virtual social contexts

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Haddad, Anneke D M ^a,b   Harrison, Freya ^a,b,c   Norman, Thomas ^a,b   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a,b,d  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Decision making; Peer influence; Risk taking; Social conformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923338815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01476     Document Type: Article

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