Measuring an individual's tendency to take risks: The risk propensity scale.

By Ree M. Meertens, R. Lion. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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In Applied Psychology

1. Jolanda Jetten
2. Benjamin E. Hilbig
3. Janelle M. Jones
4. Isabel Thielmann

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1. Vincent Conitzer
2. Jolanda Jetten
3. Benjamin E. Hilbig
4. Janelle M. Jones
5. Isabel Thielmann

Citations in the corpus

• When Do People Want AI to Make Decisions? (2018, background): “In all studies, subjects were asked to fill out a variety of demographic and psychometric scales (Study 1a: Social and Economic Conservatism Scale (SECS; [8]), a measure of political preference, Moral Identity Scale (MIS; [1]), a measure of how important certain moral traits are to one’s self-image,”
• Trust: An Integrative Review from a Person–Situation Perspective (2015, background): “…measures of risk aversion have been proposed, including diverse self-report questionnaires (e.g., Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Sunde, et al., 2011; Meertens & Lion, 2008; E. U. Weber, Blais, & Betz, 2002; Zuckerman, Eysenck, & Eysenck, 1978) as well as various behavioral measures such as the…”
• Recovering From Strain and Enduring Pain (2011, positive): “…to multiple groups (one item adapted from Iyer et al., 2009: ‘‘I belong to many groups’’; M ¼ 4.50, SD ¼ 1.62), risk-taking tendencies (adapted from Meertens & Lion, 2008; three items, a ¼ .62; e.g., ‘‘I usually view risks as a challenge’’; M ¼ 4.47, SD ¼ 1.07), behavioral inhibition (BIS;…”