Lorenz Corinna, Ferdinand Nicola K
Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Mar;54(3):537-558. doi: 10.1007/s10964-024-02072-w. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
Adolescents' need to belong and concerns about social status are thought to increase risk-taking, however, not much is known about how feedback about social rank and the effects of social exclusion moderate risky decision-making. To this end, the present study examined how social rank feedback moderates the effects of social exclusion on risky decisions during adolescence. The experimental study included a total of 122 participants (11-19 years; 44% female). Participants were randomly assigned to receive either individual or social rank feedback in the Columbia Card Task after social inclusion and exclusion via the Cyberball paradigm. Contrary to expectations, social exclusion led to more cautious decision-making. Mid-adolescents were most influenced by the combination of social exclusion and social rank feedback, while late adolescents became more cautious with individual feedback. These findings suggest that peer influences also have adaptive effects, increasing sensitivity to risk information, with developmental differences in the role of social rank.
青少年对归属感的需求以及对社会地位的担忧被认为会增加冒险行为，然而，关于社会等级反馈以及社会排斥的影响如何调节冒险决策，我们所知甚少。为此，本研究考察了社会等级反馈如何调节社会排斥对青少年冒险决策的影响。该实验研究共有122名参与者（年龄在11至19岁之间；44%为女性）。通过网络投球范式进行社会接纳和排斥后，参与者被随机分配在哥伦比亚卡片任务中接受个人或社会等级反馈。与预期相反，社会排斥导致了更谨慎的决策。青春期中期的青少年受社会排斥和社会等级反馈组合的影响最大，而青春期后期的青少年在接受个人反馈时变得更加谨慎。这些发现表明，同伴影响也具有适应性作用，会增加对风险信息的敏感度，且社会等级的作用存在发育差异。
