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Comparative Study
| Published: December 25, 2015
Zuckerman’s Alternative Five Factor Model and Risk Taking Behavior
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, K.U. Kurukshetra
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DIP: 18.01.104/20150301
DOI: 10.25215/0301.104
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between risk taking behavior/perception and five factors of personality (AFFM). To realize the main objective of the study Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale and Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire were administered on a group of 57 subjects ranging in age from 18 to 24 years. Obtained data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlations. Correlational analysis revealed Activity and Sociability to be positively correlated with all the five domains of risk taking behavior/perception i.e. Ethical, Financial, Health/Safety, Recreational and Social. Neuroticism-Anxiety has correlated negatively with Financial, Health/Safety, and Recreational domains of risk taking. Aggression-Hostility has correlated negatively with Health/Safety. Impulsive-Sensation Seeking has corresponded positively with domains of risk taking viz Financial, Health/Safety and Social.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2015 I P Kumar, U Singh
Received: October 30, 2015; Revision Received: November 22, 2015; Accepted: December 25, 2015
Pradeep Kumar @ pkpsy85@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.104/20150301
10.25215/0301.104
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 1, October-December, 2015