The Impact of Peer Group Size on Adolescent Socially Risky Decision-Making Behavior

Tess Leonard

Adolescence demonstrates a dynamic time where young people risk interacting with new social groups.It is unknown whether the number of peers present increases the experience of rejection or elicits differing decisions to interact. The present study investigates how adolescents differ in their risk-taking behavior between social and non-social environments, how behaviors differ as a function of peer group sizes, and how risk taking in a laboratory task relates to real-world risk taking.

Major: 
Biobehavioral Health
Exhibition Category: 
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Nina Lauharatanahirun
Poster Number: 
51