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To risk or not: The impact of socioeconomic status on preschoolers' risky decision-making for gains and losses | |
Hoid, Delhii1,2; Guo, Ziyan1,2; He, Zhibin1,2; Wu, Junhui3,4; Wu, Zhen1,2,5 | |
第一作者 | Delhii Hoid |
通讯作者邮箱 | zhen-wu@tsinghua.edu.cn (zhen wu) |
心理所单位排序 | 3 |
摘要 | Disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) may affect individuals' risk preferences, which have important developmental consequences across the lifespan. Yet, previous research has shown inconsistent associations between SES and risky decision-making, and little is known about how this link develops from a young age. The current research is among the first to examine how SES influences preschoolers' risky decisions in both gain and loss frames. Across two studies, children aged 5 to 6 years (total N = 309, 154 boys) were asked to choose between certain and risky options. The risky option was more advantageous, equal to, or less advantageous than the certain option. Study 1 revealed that in the loss frame, high-SES children (n = 84, 44 boys) chose more risky options and were more sensitive to the expected value compared to low-SES children (n = 78, 42 boys), especially when the risk was more advantageous. However, this SES difference was not significant in the gain frame. Supporting the potential causal link between SES and risky decision-making, Study 2 further found that experimentally increasing low-SES children's (n = 68, 30 boys) status by providing additional resources increased their risk-seeking behavior in the loss frame. Overall, our findings suggest an interaction between environmental cues (gain vs. loss) and early life circumstances (SES) in shaping children's risk preferences.Research Highlights This research is among the first to examine how school backgrounds and experimentally manipulated SES influence preschoolers' risk preferences in gain and loss frames. Children were more risk-seeking for losses than for gains; this framing effect was stronger in higher-SES than lower-SES children. Lower-SES children exhibited fewer risk-seeking behaviors and decreased sensitivity to the expected value of options for losses, but not for gains. A temporary boost in SES increased children's risk-seeking behavior, but not sensitivity to expected values. |
关键词 | framing effect fuzzy-trace theory risk preference socioeconomic status the "stressor cues" account the "uncertainty management" account |
2024-02-13 | |
DOI | 10.1111/desc.13485 |
发表期刊 | DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE |
ISSN | 1363-755X |
页码 | 18 |
期刊论文类型 | 实证研究 |
收录类别 | SSCI |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program[20235080047] ; Tsinghua University Spring Breeze Fund[20211080038] ; [32271110] |
出版者 | WILEY |
WOS关键词 | FUZZY-TRACE THEORY ; AGE-DIFFERENCES ; ADOLESCENTS ; CHILDREN ; ATTITUDES ; PROBABILITY ; PREFERENCES ; PERSPECTIVE ; PERFORMANCE ; DIMENSIONS |
WOS研究方向 | Psychology |
WOS类目 | Psychology, Developmental ; Psychology, Experimental |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001160978700001 |
WOS分区 | Q1 |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program ; Tsinghua University Spring Breeze Fund |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/47182 |
专题 | 中国科学院行为科学重点实验室 |
通讯作者 | Wu, Zhen |
作者单位 | 1.Tsinghua Univ, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Tsinghua Univ, Lab Lifelong Learning, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Tsinghua Univ, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hoid, Delhii,Guo, Ziyan,He, Zhibin,et al. To risk or not: The impact of socioeconomic status on preschoolers' risky decision-making for gains and losses[J]. DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE,2024:18. |
APA | Hoid, Delhii,Guo, Ziyan,He, Zhibin,Wu, Junhui,&Wu, Zhen.(2024).To risk or not: The impact of socioeconomic status on preschoolers' risky decision-making for gains and losses.DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE,18. |
MLA | Hoid, Delhii,et al."To risk or not: The impact of socioeconomic status on preschoolers' risky decision-making for gains and losses".DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE (2024):18. |
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