Optimistic Youth: Young Adults Predicted a Faster Decrease in Risk during COVID-19 Emergency State in Portugal

• Main Authors: Sara Scaletti (Author), Inês Duarte (Author), Catarina Senra (Author), Jorge Almeida (Author), António Jorge Ferreira (Author), Jon Walbrin (Author), Artur Pilacinski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Perception of risk is known to change throughout the lifespan. Previous studies showed that younger adults are more prone to risk behaviours than older adults. Do these age-related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis? Here, we investigated how age influenced predicted risk...