A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between age and degrees of avoidant decision-making style.
Initial empirical evidence and theories suggest that decision-making may become more avoidant with age. However, recent studies provide inconsistent evidence for this effect. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 studies (N = 7969) to assess evidence for an association between age...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17 |
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10/15/2025
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