Do our risk preferences change when we make decisions for others? A meta-analysis of self-other differences in decisions involving risk.

PLoS One · 2019 · PMC6505775 · PMID 31067283

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marginally significantp = .057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The difference between the medical and the financial domain was marginally significant ( B = -0.355, p = .057).

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approached significancep = .179not close (p > 0.1)

Finally, we conducted a meta-regression with all the above moderators (domain, frame, recipient, outcome, design, publication status) which approached significance (k = 54, Q = 10.179, p = .179).

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