Searching for predictors of the risk decision-making process in social situations in the adolescence

• Padrón, Iván ^[1] ; Rodrigo, María Josefa ^[1] ; de-Vega, Manuel
  1. [1] Universidad de La Laguna

     Universidad de La Laguna

     San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

     
• Localización: Revista de estudios e investigación en psicología y educación, ISSN-e 2386-7418, Vol. 2, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 69-79
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2015.2.2.1328
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Búsqueda de predictores del proceso de toma de decisiones de riesgo en situaciones sociales en la adolescencia || Searching for predictors of the risk decision-making process in social situations in the adolescence
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  • español

    Este estudio examina en qué medida los resultados de los cuestionarios de autoinforme sobre búsqueda de sensaciones, empatía y resistencia a los iguales, y la ejecución en una tarea de ordenador que mide el comportamiento de toma de riesgos (BART) son buenos predictores del proceso de toma de decisiones de riesgo en la tarea de Toma de Decisiones en Contextos Sociales (TDCS). Una muestra de 256 participantes distribuidos de forma equitativa por sexo y edad: adolescencia temprana, media y tardía y jóvenes adultos. Los adolescentes tempranos muestran puntuaciones más bajas en búsqueda de sensaciones y empatía que los adolescentes tardíos y los jóvenes adultos. Los hombres tienen puntuaciones más altas en búsqueda de sensaciones mientras que las mujeres puntúan más alto en empatía y resistencia a la influencia de los iguales. Los modelos de regresión muestran que el grado de riesgo en el BART está positivamente relacionado con el porcentaje de elecciones de riesgo y un tiempo de decisión más corto en la tarea TDCS, más allá de lo que explica la edad, el sexo y la desinhibición. Estos resultados contribuyen a una evaluación más comprehensiva y multi-método del proceso de toma de decisiones de riesgo en situaciones sociales.

  • English

    This study examined how well self-reported sensation seeking, empathy and resistance to peer influence, and performance on the computer-based measure to evaluate risk-taking behavior (Balloon Analogue Risk Task, BART) predicted the risk decision-making process on the computer-based Social Context Decision Task (SCDT). Participants were 256 early, mid- and late adolescents and young adults, distributed by age and gender. Early adolescents scored lower on sensation seeking and empathy than late adolescents and young adults. Men scored higher on sensation seeking whereas women scored higher on empathy and resistance to peer influence. Regression models showed that riskiness on the BART was positively related to the percentage of risk elections and shorter decision times in the SCDT task, with the BART parameters accounting for variance in these measures beyond that accounted for by age, gender and Disinhibition. These results contributed to a more comprehensive multimethod assessment of the process of risk decision making in social situations.

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