Predictors of children's and adolescents' risk perception
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- DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsi066
Predictors of children's and adolescents' risk perception
Abstract
Objective: To test cognitive-developmental, social-cognitive, motivational, and cognitive hypotheses about the psychological mechanisms underlying children's risk perception.
Method: Youth (N = 1315) ranging from 9 to 17 years of age completed measures assessing adolescent egocentrism, personal experience with four negative health events, how much they worried about the health events, and their perceived skill for event-related activities. The measures were completed twice, 12 months apart.
Results: Lacking personal experience with and worrying less about health threats were significant predictors of more optimistically biased risk perception a year later.
Conclusions: The lack of experience with and not worrying about serious health consequences may desensitize children to potential health risks. Clinical applications for health education programs are discussed.
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