Parents’ perceptions of risk-taking play for their children in a forest class

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 128-160
Author(s):  
Jung-In Kwak ◽  
Jung-Shin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk

Solo Sailing: An “Ordinary Girl”, Voluntary Risk-Taking and (Ir)Responsibility

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Brown ◽  
Dawn Penney
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Public Reaction ◽  
Contemporary Western Society

This article draws on material associated with a solo sailing circumnavigation, undertaken by 16 year old Jessica Watson in 2009–2010, to discuss how her voyage provided a focal point for debates relating to voluntary risk-taking conducted within the sport and leisure context. Specifically, we illustrate how public and media commentaries on her voyage reflect discourses of risk being infused and conflated with discourses of responsibility, youth and gender. Our analysis brings to the fore the contested, moral and political nature of risk discourses in contemporary western society. Public reaction to Watson’s voyage indicates that descriptions of western society as risk-averse fail to capture the situated and dynamic perceptions of risk.

‘Every Time They Ride, I Pray:’ Parents’ Management of Daughters’ Horseback Riding Risks

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Horseback Riding ◽  
Automobile Accidents ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Equestrian Sports ◽  
Risk Management Strategies ◽  
Risky Play

This study uses qualitative interviews with 29 parents of horseback riding daughters aged 10–23 years old to explore parents’ perceptions of risk and their risk management strategies, as their daughters engage in horse sports and recreation. First, parents are keenly aware of risks in equestrian sports and liken them to risks from automobile accidents and other high-risk sports. Second, parents manage these risks by working diligently to enhance safety and manage their own emotions. Third, they willingly assume these risks as a part of their fundamental commitment to honor their daughters’ desires, natural skills, and dreams as equestrian athletes. I situate these findings within the theoretical literature on risky play within a cultural context of condemnation of parents’ permissiveness about risk-taking.

Evolutionary Domain Specificity in Perceptions of Risk Taking

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Kruger ◽  
X. T. Wang ◽  
Andreas Wilke
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Domain Specificity ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk

scholarly journals Perception of Risk for Older Adults: Differences in Evaluations for Self versus Others and across Risk Domains

Gerontology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan J. Rolison ◽  
Yaniv Hanoch ◽  
Alexandra M. Freund
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Surrogate Decision

Background and Objectives: Proxy decision-making may be flawed by inaccurate perceptions of risk. This may be particularly true when older adults are the targets of the decisions, given the pervasive negative stereotypes about older adults. Methods: In study 1, individuals aged 18- to 87 years (as target persons) as well as one of their close social partners (as informants) reported on the risks they perceived for the target person in various life domains. Study 2 additionally explored potential differences in how people make risky decisions on behalf of younger and older adult targets. Younger (age 18–35 years) and older (age 60–81 years) adults (as target persons of the risk evaluations) as well as informants reported on risk perceptions and the likelihood of risk-taking for health, financial, and social scenarios concerning the target persons. Congruence between self-rated and informant-rated risk perceptions and risk-taking were computed on a dyadic as well as a group level. Results: Informants’ risk perceptions were positively associated with the risks their partners perceived for themselves. Informants and their partners agreed that social risks vary little across adulthood, but they disagreed in terms of recreational, financial, and health risks, and in terms of the decisions they would make. Conclusion: Family members, partners, and close friends are sensitive to vulnerabilities of their social partners, but in some domains and according to their partners’ age they perceive a greater (or smaller) risk than their partners perceive for themselves. In situations requiring surrogate decision-making, people may decide differently from how their social partners would decide for themselves.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs about Children's Risky Play in Australia and Norway

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Little ◽  
Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter ◽  
Shirley Wyver
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Optimal Health ◽  
Risky Play

Positive risk-taking in the context of outdoor physical play is important for fostering children's optimal health and development. Despite this, there is mounting concern that many developmentally beneficial activities are now seen as dangerous and something to be avoided. However, perceptions of risk are very much subject to cultural interpretation, and the growing risk aversion evident in some developed Western societies, such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, is less apparent in other developed countries, notably some of the European and Scandinavian countries. To explore some of these cultural differences, early childhood practitioners from Australia and Norway were interviewed regarding their provision of outdoor play experiences for children and their attitudes towards risk-taking in play. Practitioners from both countries recognised the importance of risky play for children's development and well-being. However, differences in the extent to which children's risky play was supported were evident. Factors associated with the quality of the outdoor environment, regulatory requirements, and a litigious environment were identified as constraining teaching practice for the Australian practitioners. The findings have implications for the development of policy that supports teachers' pedagogical decision-making in providing developmentally challenging play environments for children.

Perceptions and Framing of Risk, Uncertainty, Loss, and Failure in Entrepreneurship

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Kimberly M. Green
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Mental Accounting ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Learning From Failure ◽  
Innovation And Change

Research indicates that perceptions of risk and loss affect decision-making. Entrepreneurship presents a context in which risk, failure, and loss frequently frame decisions. This paper presents a review of the entrepreneurship literature that is grounded in Kahneman and Tversky's 1979 article on prospect theory. The theory's contribution to the understanding of how the framing of losses affects decisions offers a useful foundation for considering streams of research in entrepreneurship and small business, given that the prospects for loss and failure are high in these endeavors. This review identifies 79 articles and organizes them into four broad themes: risk-taking perspectives of the entrepreneur and stakeholders, aspirations and reference points, organizational innovation and change, and learning from failure. The review concludes by considering the future research potential in the topics of regret, mental accounting, and an understanding of competitors.

Learning risk-taking and coping with uncertainty through experiential, team-based entrepreneurship education

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riitta-Liisa Arpiainen ◽  
Agnieszka Kurczewska
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Education ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Risk And Uncertainty ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Practical Implications

This empirical study investigates how students’ perceptions of risk-taking and coping with uncertainty change while they are exposed to experience-based entrepreneurship education. The aim of the study is twofold. First, the authors set out to identify the dynamics of entrepreneurial thinking among students experiencing risk and uncertainty while conducting their entrepreneurial projects in a team. Second, the role of experiential education in the evolution of students’ approach to risk and uncertainty is examined. The article is based on a longitudinal qualitative study conducted between 2009 and 2014 in Namibia. The research team followed 13 young individuals from the beginning of their studies in entrepreneurship until their graduation and the start of their professional careers. The findings pertaining to the dynamics of students’ perceptions of risk in entrepreneurial experiences and learning bring a more accurate understanding of the transformative character of entrepreneurial learning as well as offering practical implications for how to conduct entrepreneurship education in a way that is meaningful to learners.

scholarly journals Women entrepreneurs’ progress in the venturing process: the impact of risk aversion and culture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Gimenez-Jimenez ◽  
Linda F. Edelman ◽  
Alexandra Dawson ◽  
Andrea Calabrò
Keyword(s):  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Supportive Culture ◽  
Global University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

AbstractWe explore the gendered impact of risk aversion and country-level culture on nascent student entrepreneurs’ progress in the venturing process. Combining country-level cultural normative variables from the 2004 Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) survey with data from the 2013/2014 Global University Entrepreneurial Student Spirit Study (GUESSS), our sample consists of 1552 nascent student entrepreneurs from 11 countries. We start with the assumption that perceptions of risk-taking behaviors are not gendered. We then split our sample, finding that, for women, perceptions of risk-taking behaviors are associated with less progress in the venturing process; however, starting a new venture in a socially supportive culture moderates that relationship. For men, neither risk-taking behavior nor country cultural variables are related to their progress in the venturing process. Our study highlights both the importance of country-level contextual variables in entrepreneurship and the need to employ a gendered perspective when studying nascent entrepreneurship.

Boys With Epilepsy Are More Susceptible to Risk Taking

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
PATRICE WENDLING
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking
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