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Optimistic Children Engage in More Constructive Risk-Taking Behaviors

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Title: Optimistic Children Engage in More Constructive Risk-Taking Behaviors
Language: English
Authors: Lu, Monica S., Hennefield, Laura (ORCID 0000-0002-5919-0342), Tillman, Rebecca, Markson, Lori
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Development. Jan 2023 47(1):72-81.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2023
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Contract Number: T32MH100019
F32HD093273
R21HD095490
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Risk, Child Behavior, Young Children, Childrens Attitudes, Physical Activities, Age Differences, Psychological Patterns, Risk Management
DOI: 10.1177/01650254221132766
ISSN: 0165-0254
1464-0651
Abstract: Optimism is linked to persistence and resilience in adults; however, how optimism might relate to children's evaluations of potentially challenging situations and risk-taking behaviors is unknown. This study examined the role of optimism in 4- to 8-year-old children's (N = 121) perceptions of and willingness to engage in physical activities that ranged from low to high risk. Overall, children perceived activities with more risky elements as more dangerous and were less willing to try them, with this pattern strongest in older children. Moreover, children higher in optimism were (1) more willing to engage in moderate-risk activities relative to children lower in optimism, but (2) less willing to engage in the highest-risk activities--even though they perceived those highest-risk activities as less dangerous than children lower in optimism. These findings support the possibility that optimism motivates children to engage in beneficial moderately challenging activities and protects them from engaging in severe injury-inflicting activities.
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Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: EJ1361007
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