The Influence Of Children’s Risk Cognition On Risk-taking Behavior And Its Internal Mechanism

From birth,many children’s activity skills are mastered in the process of gradual adventure.In the process of fighting against the fear of the unknown,they also gain the harvest brought by the unknown and experience the fun and significance of exploration.In preschool stage,children move from family to society,their parents’ supervision is gradually reduced,and their independence and autonomy are increasing.A series of risk-taking decisions gradually depend on children’s self-assessment of risks.Therefore,it is of practical significance to explore the influence of children’s risk cognition on risk-taking behavior and its internal mechanism.Based on the theory of planned behavior,this study constructs the relationship model between children’s risk cognition and risk-taking behavior,and holds that risk-taking behavior attitude,risk-taking subjective norm and risk-taking perception behavior control level are the three main internal dynamic variables that affect the relationship between children’s risk cognition and risk-taking behavior.Therefore,by designing a typical risk situation,this paper investigates children’s risk-taking behavior level and related factors,and explores the relationship between children’s risk cognition and risk-taking behavior.At the same time,it uses interviews to understand children’s risk-taking behavior attitude,risk subjective norms and risk perception behavior control level,so as to explore the internal mechanism of children’s risk cognition affecting risk-taking behavior.Study found:(1)Children’s risk-taking behavior is mainly low-risk behavior,which shows obvious risk preference in different types of risk situations.Boys are willing to take more risks than girls,and there is no significant age difference;(2)Children’s risk cognition shows low risk cognition level,and there is no significant difference between age and gender;(3)Although there is no direct correlation between children’s risk cognition and risk-taking behavior,risk cognition can have an indirect effect on risk-taking behavior through risk-taking subjective norms.According to the above conclusions,this paper mainly puts forward the following four suggestions: First,pay attention to the role of adults in providing behavioral feedback to children;The second is to realize the transformation from cognition to attitude,and on the basis of helping children improve their risk cognition level,encourage them to form corresponding risk-taking behavior attitude and then make reasonable behavior choices;The third is to enhance children’s ability to cope with risks and improve children’s self-efficacy;The fourth is to help children establish the cognitive basis of risk.