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Instructor/Advisor

Michael Stroud

Keywords

Neuroscience, Behavior, Early Childhood

Abstract

Risk-taking behavior is defined as making a decision to engage in an activity when the outcome is unknown. This study explores the influence that critical home factors (caregiver marital status, socioeconomic status, and children in the home) have on risk-taking behavior in preschool-age children. During the study, 54 preschool participants (aged 4-5) completed the BELT to gauge their successful risk-taking. Caregivers' Health and Demographic information were collected as a measure of home environmental factors. The results of this study revealed no significant difference between risk-taking behavior across all familial and home factors. Despite the null findings, the results suggest that participant similarities, such as family income and structure, may have contributed to the null results, and provide the opportunity for future studies to address these limitations. This study contributes to the previous literature on early childhood risk-taking.

Connections Between Home Environmental Factors and Risk-Taking Behavior in Preschool-Age Children

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