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Structure of the Dospert: Is There Evidence for a General Risk Factor?
Author(s) -
Highhouse Scott,
Nye Christopher D.,
Zhang Don C.,
Rada Thaddeus B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of behavioral decision making
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0771
pISSN - 0894-3257
DOI - 10.1002/bdm.1953
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , situational ethics , domain (mathematical analysis) , psychology , personality , risk appetite , disposition , scale (ratio) , sample (material) , risk analysis (engineering) , social psychology , computer science , risk management , artificial intelligence , economics , management , business , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The Domain‐specific Risk‐taking scale was designed to assess risk taking in specific domains. This approach is unconventional in personality assessment but reflects conventional wisdom in the decision community that cross‐situational consistency in risk taking is more myth than reality. We applied bifactor analysis to a large sample ( n = 921) of responses to the Domain‐specific Risk Taking. Results showed that, in addition to domain‐specific facets, there does appear to be evidence for a general risk‐taking disposition. And this general appetite for risk appears to be useful for predicting real‐world outcomes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.