Commentary: Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults

Frontiers in Psychology

Dafina Petrova¹ 

关键词: risk taking;    ageing;    older adults;    balloon analog risk task (BART);    motivation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01304

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Seaman et al. (2015) compared 23 older adults living independently to 23 older adults living in a retirement community on their risky decision making. Results from the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART; Lejuez et al., 2002) showed that older adults living in the retirement community were more risk-averse, at least partially due to higher initial perceptions of risk (Seaman et al., 2015). Drawing on findings from the literature on older adults' experiences with age-related relocation and theories on aging and decision making, we suggest that a focus on cognitive factors alone may be insufficient to understand the aging decision maker. Rather, risky decision making in aging could be best understood from an integrated perspective, considering cognitive, social, and motivational factors alike.

【 授权许可】

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