Real-world health and crime statistics indicate that adolescents are prone to engage in risks
in the presence of peers. Although this effect has been documented in several lab studies …

With the outbreak of COVID-19, online sharing of rumors about the disease is of growing
concern worldwide. Drawing on the stimulus–organism–response (S–OR) framework, this …

Existing literatures of rumor on social media mainly focus on its sharing, ignoring rumor
refuting related studies. To bridge the above research gap, present study proposed a dual …

Adolescents with mild to borderline intellectual disability (MBID) show more daily life risk
taking than typically developing adolescents. To obtain insight in when these “risk-taking …

Background Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) exhibit increased rates of problem
behaviors compared to those without ID. Aims Given the evidence of peer influence in …

Abstract Background Adolescents with Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) or Borderline
Intellectual Functioning (BIF) are highly susceptible to negative peer influence. However …

Adolescents are frequently faced with decisions characterized by an affective component,
such as those that take place among peers or include the promise of a reward. In such …

Background Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at increased risk
of developing challenging behaviour. Challenging behaviour may be partially explained by …

Background Making appropriate social judgments about one's peers helps avoid negative
influences from peers, yet the cognitive and adaptive difficulties experienced by adolescents …

Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) exhibit low levels of adaptive
behaviors (ie, conceptual, social, and practical skills). In typical development such …