Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults (Discovery)
Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults
This study seeks to:
- Identify behavioral preference patterns that characterize older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation.
- Estimate the extent to which biases in decision-making process influence financial decisions among older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation to refine information content and behavioral 'nudge' strategies.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Anslået)
Tilmelding
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiekontakt
Studiekontakt
- Navn: Abdelaziz Alsharawy, PhD
- Telefonnummer: (713) 500-9000
- E-mail: Abdelaziz.Alsharawy@uth.tmc.edu
Studiesteder
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Texas
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Houston, Texas, Forenede Stater, 77030
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Studiebefolkning
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults over the age of 60
- English speakers, to ensure comprehension of study tasks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than age 60
- Non-English speaker
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Antal grupper/kohorter
Kohorter og interventioner
Gruppe / kohorteGruppe / kohorte |
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Older Adults who are less vulnerable to financial exploitation
Vulnerability to financial exploitation will be assessed via the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale (FEVS) assessment.
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Older Adults who are more vulnerable to financial exploitation
Vulnerability to financial exploitation will be assessed via the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale (FEVS) assessment.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Frequency of choosing the riskier option on the risk tolerance decision-making task
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Participants will complete a decision-making session that captures multiple dimensions of behavioral preferences via incentivized choice-based tasks with real monetary rewards.
The study team will administer the following decision-making task via a web-based survey platform to characterize risk tolerance (willingness to accept uncertain outcomes).
The task involves multiple rounds (between 20 to 40) that vary option-specific information to facilitate mapping of elicited behavioral responses onto parameters characterizing standard utility functions.
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During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Frequency of choosing the more trusting option on the trust decision-making task
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Participants will complete a decision-making session that captures multiple dimensions of behavioral preferences via incentivized choice-based tasks with real monetary rewards.
The study team will administer the following decision-making task via a web-based survey platform to characterize interpersonal trust (willingness to accept being vulnerable to other people).
The task involves multiple rounds (between 20 to 40) that vary option-specific information to facilitate mapping of elicited behavioral responses onto parameters characterizing standard utility functions.
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During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Frequency of choosing the more altruistic option on the altruism decision-making task
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Participants will complete a decision-making session that captures multiple dimensions of behavioral preferences via incentivized choice-based tasks with real monetary rewards.
The study team will administer the following decision-making task via a web-based survey platform to characterize altruism (willingness to incur a financial cost to benefit another person).
The task involves multiple rounds (between 20 to 40) that vary option-specific information to facilitate mapping of elicited behavioral responses onto parameters characterizing standard utility functions.
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During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Frequency of choosing the more patient option on the impatience decision-making task
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Participants will complete a decision-making session that captures multiple dimensions of behavioral preferences via incentivized choice-based tasks with real monetary rewards.
The study team will administer the following decision-making task via a web-based survey platform to characterize patience (willingness to forego a sooner reward for a bigger future reward).
The task involves multiple rounds (between 20 to 40) that vary option-specific information to facilitate mapping of elicited behavioral responses onto parameters characterizing standard utility functions.
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During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Frequency of choosing the less loss-averse option on the loss-aversion decision-making task
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Participants will complete a decision-making session that captures multiple dimensions of behavioral preferences via incentivized choice-based tasks with real monetary rewards.
The study team will administer the following decision-making task via a web-based survey platform to characterize loss aversion (tendency to weigh potential losses more heavily than equivalent gains).
The task involves multiple rounds (between 20 to 40) that vary option-specific information to facilitate mapping of elicited behavioral responses onto parameters characterizing standard utility functions.
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During the time of the decision-making task (about 5-10 minutes)
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Physiological arousal as measured via heart rate
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Participants recruited for in-lab sessions will complete the decision-making tasks while also sitting before a monitor with an eye-tracker to monitor attention, a webcam to monitor facial expressions, and with a wireless device (non-invasive transmitter placed on participant's wrist with two electrodes attached to finger) worn to monitor physiological measurements (heart rate and skin conductance) while completing the choice-based tasks.
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Physiological arousal as measured via skin conductance
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Participants recruited for in-lab sessions will complete the decision-making tasks while also sitting before a monitor with an eye-tracker to monitor attention, a webcam to monitor facial expressions, and with a wireless device (non-invasive transmitter placed on participant's wrist with two electrodes attached to finger) worn to monitor physiological measurements (heart rate and skin conductance) while completing the choice-based tasks.
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Physiological arousal as measured via pupil dilation
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Participants recruited for in-lab sessions will complete the decision-making tasks while also sitting before a monitor with an eye-tracker to monitor attention, a webcam to monitor facial expressions, and with a wireless device (non-invasive transmitter placed on participant's wrist with two electrodes attached to finger) worn to monitor physiological measurements (heart rate and skin conductance) while completing the choice-based tasks.
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Frequency of facial expressions associated with valence and engagement
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Participants recruited for in-lab sessions will complete the decision-making tasks while also sitting before a monitor with an eye-tracker to monitor attention, a webcam to monitor facial expressions, and with a wireless device (non-invasive transmitter placed on participant's wrist with two electrodes attached to finger) worn to monitor physiological measurements (heart rate and skin conductance) while completing the choice-based tasks.
Facial expressions will be assessed using a facial expression analysis system (iMotions software).
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Attention as assessed by eye fixations
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Participants recruited for in-lab sessions will complete the decision-making tasks while also sitting before a monitor with an eye-tracker to monitor attention, a webcam to monitor facial expressions, and with a wireless device (non-invasive transmitter placed on participant's wrist with two electrodes attached to finger) worn to monitor physiological measurements (heart rate and skin conductance) while completing the choice-based tasks.
Relative fixation duration on each option in the behavioral tasks will be measured via an eye tracker (SmartEye).
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
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Response time during the behavioral tasks
Tidsramme: During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Response time will be reported as the time from stimulus presentation to choice, in milliseconds.
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During the time of the decision-making tasks (about 20-40 minutes)
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Abdelaziz Alsharawy, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Anslået)
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Anslået)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Faktiske)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- HSC-SPH-25-0344 (Discovery)
- P30AG086563 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)
Plan for individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)
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