Risk attitudes and birth order
| Autor: | Berthold Langguth, Johannes Heindl, Philipp G. Sand, Göran Hajak, Philipp Krause, Andreas Jung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Physical Exertion birth order extreme sports personality risk perception risk-taking Adlerian 610 Medizin Poison control Suicide prevention Developmental psychology Young Adult Risk-Taking Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Humans Personality Medicine Applied Psychology media_common ddc:610 business.industry Confounding Risk perception Birth order Female Birth Order business Attitude to Health Social psychology Switzerland Sports |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Psychology. 19:858-868 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 1359-1053 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105313481075 |
| Popis: | Risk attitudes play important roles in health behavior and everyday decision making. It is unclear, however, whether these attitudes can be predicted from birth order. We investigated 200 mostly male volunteers from two distinct settings. After correcting for multiple comparisons, for the number of siblings and for confounding by gender, ordinal position predicted perception of health-related risks among participants in extreme sports ( p < .01). However, the direction of the effect contradicted Adlerian theory. Except for alcohol consumption, these findings extended to self-reported risk behavior. Together, the data call for a cautious stand on the impact of birth order on risk attitudes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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