Beyond a Trait View of Risk Taking: A Domain-Specific Scale Measuring Risk Perceptions, Expected Benefits, and Perceived-Risk Attitudes in German-Speaking Populations

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Who Takes Risks When and Why: Determinants of Changes in Investor Risk Taking (2013, background): “…D ow nloaded from looked at only one of these variables in isolation: risk expectations (Weber and Milliman, 1997; Glaser and Weber, 2005), return expectations (Shiller et al., 1996; Johnson et al., 2004; Hanoch et al., 2006), and risk attitudes (Sahm, 2007; Klos, 2008).”
A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations (2006, unknown): “…that is, perceptions of ben- efits and risk, as well as a more stable component that represents a person’s propensity to favor (or shy away from) an option that he (she) perceives as being risky, which is referred to as a person’s perceived-risk attitude (Weber et al., 2002; Johnson et al., 2004).”
Gender Differences in Risk Assessment: Why do Women Take Fewer Risks than Men? (2006, background): “In a German sample, Johnson et al. (2004) also did not find a sex difference in social risk taking, although women did perceive such activities as providing greater benefits.”