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| Author: | Weber, E. U. Blais, A.-R. Betz, N. E. |
| Title: | A Domain-specific Risk-attitude Scale: Measuring Risk Perceptions and Risk Behaviors |
| Journal: | Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
2002 : OCT, VOL. 15:4, p. 263-290 |
| Index terms: | RISK SCALING RISK BEHAVIOUR DECISION MAKING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors present a psychometric scale that assesses risk taking in five content domains: financial decisions (separately for investing versus gambling), health/safety, recreational, ethical, and social decisions. Respondents rate the likelihood that they would engage in domain- specific risky activities (Part I). An optional Part II assesses respondents' perceptions of the magnitude of the risks and expected benefits of the activities judged in Part I. The scale's construct validity and consistency is evaluated for a sample of American undergraduate students. As expected, respondents' degree of risk taking was highly domain-specific, i.e. not consistently risk- averse or consistently risk-seeking across all content domains. |
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