title: Exploring relations between positive mood state and school-age children's risk taking.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether children engage in greater risk taking when in a positive versus neutral mood state, and whether positive urgency trait relates to risk taking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Positive mood in 7-10-year-old children was induced experimentally, and children's risk-taking intentions and actual behaviors were measured when the child was in a positive and neutral mood state.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within-person comparisons revealed that children showed greater risk-taking intentions and actual risk behaviors when in a positive mood state compared with a neutral one. Positive urgency was associated with greater risk taking when in a positive mood state, and this effect was stronger in the actual risk taking than intentions to risk take task.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mood state affects children's risk taking. Positive mood is associated with greater risk taking in elementary-school children, and those high in positive urgency are especially likely to show this effect. Implications for injury prevention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Guelph bmorrong@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Morrongiello
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Ekaterina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pogrebtsova
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Karissa-June
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Boulay
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking
keywords: children; injury risk; mood induction; positive mood; risk taking