A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations
This paper proposes a revised version of the original Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale developed by Weber, Blais, and Betz (2002) that is shorter and applicable to a {broader range of ages, cultures, and educational levels}. It also provides a French translation of the revised scale. Usin...
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| description | This paper proposes a revised version of the original Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale developed by Weber, Blais, and Betz (2002) that is shorter and applicable to a {broader range of ages, cultures, and educational levels}. It also provides a French translation of the revised scale. Using multilevel modeling, we investigated the risk-return relationship between apparent risk taking and risk perception in 5 risk domains. The results replicate previously noted differences in reported degree of risk taking and risk perception at the mean level of analysis. The multilevel modeling shows, more interestingly, that within-participants variation in risk taking across the 5 content domains of the scale was about 7 times as large as between-participants variation. We discuss the implications of our findings in terms of the person-situation debate related to risk attitude as a stable trait. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e804642faa7a4c8ab418e873a160adc72023-09-03T14:02:43ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752006-07-011334710.1017/S1930297500000334A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populationsAnn-Renée Blais0Elke U. Weber1Defence Research and Development Canada Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCenter for the Decision Sciences, Columbia UniversityThis paper proposes a revised version of the original Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale developed by Weber, Blais, and Betz (2002) that is shorter and applicable to a {broader range of ages, cultures, and educational levels}. It also provides a French translation of the revised scale. Using multilevel modeling, we investigated the risk-return relationship between apparent risk taking and risk perception in 5 risk domains. The results replicate previously noted differences in reported degree of risk taking and risk perception at the mean level of analysis. The multilevel modeling shows, more interestingly, that within-participants variation in risk taking across the 5 content domains of the scale was about 7 times as large as between-participants variation. We discuss the implications of our findings in terms of the person-situation debate related to risk attitude as a stable trait.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500000334/type/journal_articlerisk attituderisk perceptionrisk takingpersonalitypsychometric scale |
| spellingShingle | Ann-Renée Blais Elke U. Weber A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations Judgment and Decision Making risk attitude risk perception risk taking personality psychometric scale |
| title | A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations |
| title_full | A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations |
| title_fullStr | A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations |
| title_short | A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations |
| title_sort | domain specific risk taking dospert scale for adult populations |
| topic | risk attitude risk perception risk taking personality psychometric scale |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500000334/type/journal_article |
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