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Risk-Taking
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Definition of 'Risk-Taking'Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her. Common names: Risk-Taking; Risk Taking; Risk Behavior; Behavior, Risk; Behaviors, Risk; Risk Behaviors |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents.
19 Oct 2009 
The authors assessed individual, social, and school correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors (physical inactivity, sedentary behavior, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and high body mass index) in a representative sample of ... Read more...
Neural correlates of value, risk, and risk aversion contributing to decision making under risk.
5 Oct 2009 Decision making under risk is central to human behavior. Economic decision theory suggests that value, risk, and risk aversion influence choice behavior. Although previous studies identified neural correlates of decision parameters, the contribution ... Read more...
Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand.
29 Sep 2009 There has been a dramatic drop in age at first intercourse and concurrent rise in HIV infections among young Thai women living in slums. The participants included 492 young Thai women (average age = 19.7 years). They provided detailed ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Risk-Taking'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
- Neural correlates of value, risk, and risk aversion contributing to decision making under risk. 5 Oct 2009
- Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand. 29 Sep 2009
- Driving after binge drinking. 29 Sep 2009
- Doomed to repeat the successes of the past: history is best forgotten for repeated choices with nonstationary payoffs. 29 Sep 2009
- Associations between parenting styles and teen driving, safety-related behaviors and attitudes. 29 Sep 2009
- Primary access to vehicles increases risky teen driving behaviors and crashes: national perspective. 29 Sep 2009
- Psychometric testing of the Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire. 29 Sep 2009
- The Health Belief Model variables as predictors of risky driving behaviors among commuters in Yazd, Iran. 29 Sep 2009
- Long-term risk preference and suboptimal decision making following adolescent alcohol use. 19 Sep 2009
- Pregnancy as a window of opportunity for HIV prevention: effects of an HIV intervention delivered within prenatal care. 15 Sep 2009
- ATV (quad bike) injuries in New Zealand children: their extent and severity. 9 Sep 2009
- Hepatitis B immunization coverage and risk behaviour among Danish travellers: are immunization strategies based on single journey itineraries rational? Sep 2009
- Application of a standardized assessment methodology within the context of an evidence-based treatment for substance abuse and its associated problems. 30 Aug 2009
- Women, alcohol, and the military: cultural changes and reductions in later alcohol problems among female veterans. 30 Aug 2009
- HIV testing and conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV among African Americans. 30 Aug 2009
- Demographic, psychological, and behavioral modifiers of the Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS) intervention. 30 Aug 2009
- Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample. 30 Aug 2009
- Behavioral mechanisms in HIV epidemiology and prevention: past, present, and future roles. 30 Aug 2009
- How do social norms impact HIV sexual risk behavior in HIV-positive men who have sex with men?: multiple mediator effects. 30 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Risk-Taking'
Definition: Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.
Descriptor UI: D012309
Alternative terms: Risk-Taking; Risk Taking; Risk Behavior; Behavior, Risk; Behaviors, Risk; Risk Behaviors;
Tree Number: F01.145.722;
Online Note: search GAMBLING 1969-74
History Note: 79(75); was see under GAMBLING 1969-78
Technical Notes: no qualif