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Effects of anonymous peer observation on adolescents’ preference for immediate rewards

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Weigard, Alexander, Chein, Jason, Albert, Dustin, Smith, Ashley, Steinberg, Laurence·2014·Developmental Science

DOI 10.1111/desc.12099PMC PMC3869036

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Abstract

Research suggests that the presence of peers influences adolescent risk‐taking by increasing the perceived reward value of risky decisions. While prior work has involved observation of participants by their friends, the current study examined whether observation by an anonymous peer could elicit similarly increased reward sensitivity. Late adolescent participants completed a delay discounting task either alone or under the belief that performance was being observed from a neighboring room by an unknown viewer of the same gender and age. Even in this limited social context, participants demonstrated a significantly increased preference for smaller, immediate rewards when they believed that they were being watched. This outcome challenges several intuitive accounts of the peer effect on adolescent risk‐taking, and indicates that the peer influence on reward sensitivity during late adolescence is not dependent on familiarity with the observer. The findings have both theoretical and practical implications for our understanding of social influences on adolescents' risky behavior.

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Late adolescents who believed they were being observed by an anonymous same-gender, same-age peer showed a stronger preference for smaller immediate rewards on a delay discounting task than those who completed it alone. The findings suggest peer effects on adolescent reward sensitivity do not require familiar, multiple, or physically present observers.

Key findings

Participants in the anonymous peer-observer condition had significantly lower average indifference points (M = $656.68, SD = 150.92) than those in the alone condition (M = $768.16, SD = 150.76), F(1,62) = 8.58, η² = .12, p < .01.
Discount rates were steeper in the peer condition (k = .0136) than in the alone condition (k = .0053), t(62) = 3.05, η² = .13, p = .003; this remained significant after excluding outliers with k z-scores > 2.5 (N = 60), t(58) = 3.373, η² = .16, p = .001.
Group differences in indifference points were significant at 1 month, t(62) = −2.233, p < .05; 6 months, t(62) = −2.785, p < .01; and 1 year, t(62) = −2.823, p < .01, with a marginally significant delay × condition interaction, F(5,310) = 1.998, η² = .03, p = .079.
The authors report no group difference in choice reversals, t(62) = 0.19, p = .85, arguing the effect was not simply due to distraction.

Methods

Sixty-four undergraduates ages 18–22 (M = 19.3, SD = .98) were randomly assigned to an anonymous peer-observer condition (N = 32) or an alone condition (N = 32); two additional participants were excluded because debriefing suggested they may not have believed the manipulation.
In the peer condition, participants were told a same-gender, comparable-age student would observe their performance via closed-circuit computer system and make predictions; a brief two-way radio introduction was staged with a voice recording. In the alone condition, participants were told no one would directly observe their performance.
The delay discounting task was identical to O’Brien et al. (2011): delayed reward fixed at US$1000, immediate reward starting at US$200, US$500, or US$800, six delays from 1 day to 1 year, titrating choices to indifference points; discount rate k was computed as V = A/(1 + kD). Analyses used repeated-measures ANOVA and independent-samples t-tests.

Limitations

The paper states the sample may be considered late adolescent or early adult, so generalizability to early adolescents remains unknown; risk-taking, sensation seeking, and impulsivity tend to peak earlier in adolescence.
The paper notes that the findings show familiarity, multiple observers, and physical proximity are not necessary preconditions for the peer effect, but do not provide direct evidence about whether these factors moderate the magnitude of the effect.
The paper acknowledges a comparison caveat with O’Brien et al. (2011): the current sample was slightly older (M = 19.3 vs. 18.5 years), which may help explain different average indifference points.
Evident from the text: the sample was a small undergraduate convenience sample drawn from psychology and marketing courses, mostly ages 18–20 (all but 5), and the study focused on one delay discounting task within a larger battery; the observer was not real, and the manipulation relied on deception.

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“an independent samples t-test based on k value estimates revealed a highly significant main effect of experimental condition, t(62) = 3.05, η2=.13, p=.003, indicating that participants who believed they were being observed by a peer exhibited steeper discounting on average (k=.0136) than those who were not observed (k=.0053).”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Results > Discount Rate (k)
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
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“participants demonstrated a significantly increased preference for smaller, immediate rewards when they believed that they were being watched.”
- Also stated in: § Indifference Point · plain
  “participants in the peer condition evinced significantly lower indifference points (M=$656.68, SD=150.92) than those in the alone condition (M=$768.16, SD=150.76).”
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  “The present results indicate that, in late adolescents, the knowledge that one is being observed by an anonymous person of like gender and age can increase sensitivity to immediate rewards.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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In the paper
“and the condition effect size was actually larger in the present sample (Cohen’s d = .74) than in the O’Brien et al sample (Cohen’s d = .40).”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- Rests on an assumption: Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
In the paper
“Despite these differences, the magnitude of the peer effect (expressed as a percentage of the alone average) is almost identical across the two studies – 85% in the present sample, and 89% in the O’Brien et al (2011) sample”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
In the paper
“However, the discount function seen in the responses of the participants who believed they were observed does not appear at all random, but, rather, follows the pattern of hyperbolic discounting obtained in a very large number of prior studies”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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“We do know from prior studies, however, that early adolescents are more susceptible to the peer effect than college undergraduates (Chein et al., 2011; Gardner & Steinberg, 2005)”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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“Increased activation in these brain structures, both of which are closely linked to the prediction and valuation of rewards (Ernst et al., 2004; McClure, Laibson, Loewenstein, & Cohen 2004), suggests that peer observation affects adolescents’ decisions about risk by increasing sensitivity to opportunities for reward.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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“perhaps owing to the slightly, but significantly, older age of the current group (M=19.3 years) relative to that of O’Brien et al (M=18.5 years); t(162) = 6.5, p <.01.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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“Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental (N=32) or control condition (N=32).”
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  “After completing the questionnaires, participants were randomly assigned to either an alone or a peer-observer condition.”
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“In the O’Brien et al. (2011) study, participants in the peer condition displayed a greater preference for immediate rewards than participants who completed the task by themselves, as indicated by significantly lower average indifference points and higher rates of discounting.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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“The dual systems account explains adolescent behavioral tendencies in terms of the developmental interaction between a ventral reward system and a dorsal cortical control system (Steinberg, 2010)”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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“Mid- and late adolescents who completed the task in the presence of peers took significantly more risks than those who performed the same task alone, an effect that was not seen among the adults.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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“Further, because participants could not communicate freely with the observer, the peer effect on immediate reward sensitivity in this study can be attributed only to the participant’s belief that he or she is being observed by an age-mate, and not to any overt peer pressure.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- Rests on an assumption: Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
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“The results also address (and discount) several alternative explanations for the phenomenon, and validate a novel experimental paradigm for future research in the area.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Conclusions
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- Rests on an assumption: Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
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In the paper
“In sum, the present study provides essential clues regarding the origins of the impact of peers on adolescents’ decision-making.”
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- Rests on an assumption: Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
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In the paper
“The finding that an anonymous peer who is not physically present can affect adolescents’ reward preferences, and likely their risk taking, also has important implications for the safety of adolescents who use the Internet to communicate.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
In the paper
“As noted in the introduction, another possible limitation of the study is the fact that the present sample contained individuals who might categorically be referred to as either late adolescents or early adults. Risk-taking behaviors, sensation seeking, and impulsivity tend to peak somewhat earlier in adolescence (Steinberg, 2010), so the generalizability of the present findings to early”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
In the paper
“O’Brien et al. (2011) acknowledged this issue, and suggested that an important goal of future research would be to rule out the possibility that explicit persuasion underlies the peer effect.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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“The dual systems framework explains risk taking during this period by proposing that increased sensitivity to immediate rewards (which can be obtained by risky behavior) overwhelms a still maturing cognitive control system.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites Steinberg, 2010
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In the paper
“The results of the current study suggest that, while interacting with friends or even anonymous strangers over the Internet, adolescents’ risk taking may be increased to the same degree and through the same mechanism as when adolescents are actually with their friends.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- Rests on an assumption: Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
None of the sources cited for this claim have been checked yet.
In the paper
“Importantly, this system undergoes rapid developmental change in early adolescence (e.g., Laviola, Pascucci & Pieretti, 2001), leading to increased sensitivity to rewarding stimuli (Galvan, 2010; Leijenhorst, Moor, Op de Macks, Rombouts, Westenberg & Crone, 2010; Spear, 2009).”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites Laviola, Pascucci & Pieretti, 2001
- Not checked yetcites Galvan, 2010
- Not checked yetcites Leijenhorst, Moor, Op de Macks, Rombouts, Westenberg & Crone, 2010
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“Previous studies have indicated that the average indifference point evinced by individuals tested alone increases as a function of age (Steinberg et al., 2009).”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites Steinberg et al., 2009
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In the paper
“Adolescent participants (ages 14–18) in the scanner took more risks in a simulated driving game when they believed that two close friends were observing their behavior from an adjacent room and also exhibited relatively greater activation in the ventral striatum and orbitofrontal cortex when their peers were observing them than when they were alone.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites Chein et al. (2011)
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None of the sources cited for this claim have been checked yet.
In the paper
“We do know from prior studies, however, that early adolescents are more susceptible to the peer effect than college undergraduates (Chein et al., 2011; Gardner & Steinberg, 2005), so we have no reason to think that the present findings would not also apply to younger teenagers.”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites Chein et al., 2011
- Not checked yetcites Gardner & Steinberg, 2005
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It may state two separate claims as one.
- The authors state this as an assumption: The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
In the paper
“Risk-taking behaviors, sensation seeking, and impulsivity tend to peak somewhat earlier in adolescence (Steinberg, 2010)”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Discussion
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites Steinberg, 2010
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In the paper
“This pattern of brain development coincides with greater behavioral reward sensitivity among adolescents relative to adults (Cauffman, Shulman, Steinberg, Claus, Banich, Graham et al., 2010).”
§ Effects of Anonymous Peer Observation on Adolescents’ Preference for Immediate Rewards > Abstract
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Participants in the peer-observer condition believed that they were being observed by an anonymous peer of the same gender and comparable age.
“Two additional participants provided data, but were excluded from analyses because their responses during debriefing indicated that they may not have believed the social context manipulation.”
“In the peer-observer condition, the participant was told that another student of the same gender and comparable age would be observing his or her task performance via a closed-circuit computer system, and would be making predictions about the participant’s performance on the computerized tasks.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Participants in the alone condition believed that no one was observing their performance.
“In the alone condition, participants were explicitly told that no one would directly observe their performance.”
The authors state this as an assumption.
The undergraduate sample aged 18 to 22 is representative of a late adolescent population.
“We note that in that study, and in the present study, we construe this undergraduate age cohort as representative of a “late adolescent” sample, but acknowledge that individuals in the older half of these samples might also be referred to as young adults”

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Inconsistent p-value: χ2(1)=.21, p = .88
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Doesn’t add upχ²(1) = 0.21reported p = .88 · recomputed p = .647
“χ2(1)=.21, p = .88”
Consistentt(62) = 0.38reported p = .71 · recomputed p = .705
“t(62)=.38, p = .71”
Consistentχ²(1) = 0.25reported p = .62 · recomputed p = .617
“χ2(1)=.25, p = .62”
Consistentχ²(3) = 2.095reported p = .55 · recomputed p = .553
“χ2(3)=2.095, p = .55”
Consistentt(162) = 6.5reported p < .01 · recomputed p < .001
“t(162) = 6.5, p < .01”
Consistentt(62) = 0.19reported p = .85 · recomputed p = .850
“t(62)=0.19, p = .85”

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Authors: Weigard, A., Chein, J., Albert, D., Smith, A., & Steinberg, L.
Affiliations: Temple University (US)
Corresponding author: Chein, Jason
ORCID: Weigard, Alexander
Chein, Jason
Albert, Dustin
Smith, Ashley
Steinberg, Laurence
Venue: Developmental Science
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-11-06
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Pages: 71-78
ISSN: 1363-755X (ISSN-L)
1467-7687
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12099
PMC: PMC3869036
OpenAlex: W2117186845
Semantic Scholar: e03f7adb700866a8c77c76203ccd872a54d02d80
Cited by: 140
References: 35
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 5
FWCI: 8.25
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Developmental Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21 DA022546)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01 AA020006)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords: peer influence, adolescent risk-taking, delay discounting, reward sensitivity, immediate rewards, late adolescence, risk-taking
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Communication, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Male, Peer Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reward, Risk-Taking, Social Behavior, Young Adult

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