Open AccessSocial and Psychological Predictors of Investment Activity of Russians
Author(s) -
М. Гагарина
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
review of business and economics studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-0279
pISSN - 2308-944X
DOI - 10.26794/2308-944x-2019-7-4-13-19
Subject(s) - investment (military) , psychology , ambiguity , rationality , kindness , empirical research , social psychology , perception , sample (material) , index (typography) , economics , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , neuroscience , politics , world wide web , computer science
The level of investment activity among Russians is rather low; that is why the understanding it predictors is of great importance. First, I presented an overview of Russian and international studies of psychological aspects of investment behaviour. Further, I discussed the results of the empirical research using the following sample: 360 respondents from 18 to 68 years old (average age 26 years). In my research, I used methods: socio-demographic characteristics, investment activity, including cognitive and behavioural readiness to invest in different financial instruments, and calculated index of investment activity. As concerns implementation of specific psychodiagnostic methods, I used the Questionnaire of tolerance and intolerance to ambiguity, Personal factors of decision-making, Semantic differential, and Big Five short portrait questionnaire (BF 5–10). The predictors of Russians’ investment activity, including their willingness to invest in cryptocurrencies, show a positive perception of bitcoin, high emotional stability, low intolerance to uncertainty, low rationality, and low kindness to other people.