Monetary Losses Do Not Loom Large in Later Life: Age Differences in the Framing Effect
Monetary Losses Do Not Loom Large in Later Life: Age Differences in the Framing Effect
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbp043
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Reed, Andrew E.
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作者：
Mikels, Joseph A.;Reed, Andrew E.
对框架效应的研究表明，个体对被框定为收益的决策是风险厌恶的，而对被框定为损失的决策是风险寻求的。然而，关于与年龄相关的框架易感性变化的研究结果是混合的。最近的研究表明，与年龄相关的对预期金钱损失的反应性下降，而不是对收益的反应性下降，这表明老年人和年轻人可能对收益表现出相同的风险厌恶，但对损失的风险寻求却不同。在目前的研究中，老年人和年轻人完成了一项金钱赌博任务，他们在确定的选项和有风险的赌博（预期结果相等）之间做出选择。尽管两组都表现出收益框架中的风险厌恶，但只有年轻人在损失框架中表现出风险寻求。
Studies of the framing effect indicate that individuals are risk averse for decisions framed as gains but risk seeking for decisions framed as losses. However, findings regarding age-related changes in susceptibility to framing are mixed. Recent work demonstrating age-related decreases in reactivity to anticipated monetary losses, but not gains, suggests that older and younger adults might show equivalent risk aversion for gains but discrepant risk seeking for losses. In the current study, older and younger adults completed a monetary gambling task in which they chose between sure options and risky gambles (the expected outcomes of which were equated). Although both groups demonstrated risk aversion in the gain frame, only younger adults showed risk seeking in the loss frame.