Background Self‐regulation (SR) is central to developmental psychopathology, but progress
has been impeded by varying terminology and meanings across fields and literatures …

Consider the range of social behaviours we engage in every day. In each case, there are a
multitude of unknowns, reflecting the many sources of uncertainty inherent to social …

It is ultimately an empirical question whether risk preferences are stable over time. The
evidence comes from diverse strands of literature, covering the stability of risk preferences in …

To what extent is there a general factor of risk preference, R, akin to g, the general factor of
intelligence? Can risk preference be regarded as a stable psychological trait? These …

Psychology offers conceptual and analytic tools that can advance the discussion on the
nature of risk preference and its measurement in the behavioral sciences. We discuss the …

Phishing is fundamental to cyber attacks. This research determined the effect of Internet user
age and email content such as weapons of influence (persuasive techniques that attackers …

Despite evident heightened adolescent risk-taking in real-life situations, not all experimental
studies demonstrate that adolescents take more risks than children and adults on risky …

This paper will focus on the relationship between cognitive ability and decision-making
under risk and uncertainty. Taken as a whole, this research indicates that cognitive ability is …

As the global population ages, older decision makers will be required to take greater
responsibility for their own physical, psychological and financial well-being. With this in …

Although aging is associated with clear declines in physical and cognitive processes,
emotional functioning fares relatively well. Consistent with this behavioral profile, two core …