Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults.
As our society becomes more mobile and people reside farther away from their immediate families, competent decision-making has become critical for the older adults wishing to maintain their independence. However, very little is known about the relationship between residential choice and decision mak...
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| author | Kendra L Seaman Kendra L Seaman Chelsea eStillman Darlene V. Howard James H Howard James H Howard James H Howard |
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| description | As our society becomes more mobile and people reside farther away from their immediate families, competent decision-making has become critical for the older adults wishing to maintain their independence. However, very little is known about the relationship between residential choice and decision making. Here we use the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) to examine risk-taking in two samples of older adults, one living in a retirement community and another living independently. We also used a cognitive model to gain insight into the cognitive factors underlying decision-making in these groups. We found that older adults living in a retirement community were more risk averse than their independent counterparts. Furthermore, this difference appeared to be motivated by group differences in initial perception of risk. This study suggests an intriguing difference between these two residential groups, and also points to the utility of using laboratory methods in research on real-world problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e925480c5bf647de89c053c235590ea72022-12-22T01:25:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-08-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01192155664Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults.Kendra L Seaman0Kendra L Seaman1Chelsea eStillman2Darlene V. Howard3James H Howard4James H Howard5James H Howard6Yale UniversityThe Catholic University of AmericaGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityThe Catholic University of AmericaGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityAs our society becomes more mobile and people reside farther away from their immediate families, competent decision-making has become critical for the older adults wishing to maintain their independence. However, very little is known about the relationship between residential choice and decision making. Here we use the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) to examine risk-taking in two samples of older adults, one living in a retirement community and another living independently. We also used a cognitive model to gain insight into the cognitive factors underlying decision-making in these groups. We found that older adults living in a retirement community were more risk averse than their independent counterparts. Furthermore, this difference appeared to be motivated by group differences in initial perception of risk. This study suggests an intriguing difference between these two residential groups, and also points to the utility of using laboratory methods in research on real-world problems.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01192/fullAgingcomputational modelingdecision-makingRisk takingResidential choice |
| spellingShingle | Kendra L Seaman Kendra L Seaman Chelsea eStillman Darlene V. Howard James H Howard James H Howard James H Howard Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. Frontiers in Psychology Aging computational modeling decision-making Risk taking Residential choice |
| title | Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. |
| title_full | Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. |
| title_fullStr | Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. |
| title_short | Risky decision-making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults. |
| title_sort | risky decision making is associated with residential choice in healthy older adults |
| topic | Aging computational modeling decision-making Risk taking Residential choice |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01192/full |
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