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Smith, Ashley R.; Chein, Jason; Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The majority of adolescent risk taking occurs in the presence of peers, and recent research suggests that the presence of peers may alter how the potential rewards and costs of a decision are valuated or perceived. The current study further explores this notion by investigating how peer observation affects adolescent risk taking when the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Risk, Student Behavior

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