Risk-Taking Differences Across the Adult Life Span: A Question of Age and Domain

Jonathan J. Rolison, Yaniv Hanoch, Stacey Wood and Pi-Ju Liu

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2014, vol. 69, issue 6, 870-880

Abstract: Background. Older adults face important risky decisions about their health, their financial future, and their social environment. We examine age differences in risk-taking behaviors in multiple risk domains across the adult life span.

Date: 2014
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