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Altered Risk-Aversion and Risk-Seeking Behavior in Bipolar Disorder

Biological Psychiatry, 2009
Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with high-risk behaviors, such as gambling and impulsivity. However, little is known about the psychological factors that influence these behaviors or their significance for the development of the disorder. In this study, we investigated the effects of highlighting rewards versus highlighting punishments in the risky
Chandler, R, Wakeley, J, Goodwin, G, Rogers, R   +3 more
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The Extension of the RISP Model With Behavioral Intention Regarding Breast Cancer Screening

Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
This study aims to analyze multiple predictors of information seeking behavior, including information seeking intention about breast cancer, using the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model.
Yunhee Ku, Jisoo Ahn, Ghee-Young Noh
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Do previously held vaccine attitudes dictate the extent and influence of vaccine information-seeking behavior during pregnancy?

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Pregnancy represents a high information need state, where uncertainty around medical intervention is common. As such, the pertussis vaccination given during pregnancy presents a unique opportunity to study the interaction between vaccine attitudes and ...
Richard M. Clarke, Miroslav Sirota, Pauline Paterson   +2 more
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Evaluating the difference between cognitive ability and emotion seeking in high risk and low risk individuals

مجله علوم روانشناختی, 2020
Background: Antecedent research has examined the relationship between cognitive abilities and excitement, but there is a study of the difference between cognitive ability and excitability in people with high risk and low risk of research gaps.Aims: The ...
Seyyed Zahra Ziyarati Kord, Malek mirhashemi   +1 more
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Regulations, risk, and rent seeking behaviour

Journal of Risk and Governance, 2008
This paper seeks to address how political risk influences behaviour, in particular rent seeking behaviour. Such risk is important in many industries, which posts challenges both for policy makers and economic agents. This paper studies how political uncertainty affects rent seeking, and what level of political uncertainty is “optimal” for society.
Brandt, Urs Steiner, Bergfjord, Ole Jakob   +1 more
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African American Children’s Diminished Returns of Subjective Family Socioeconomic Status on Fun Seeking

Children, 2020
Background: Reward sensitivity (fun-seeking) is a risk factor for a wide range of high-risk behaviors. While high socioeconomic status (SES) is known to reduce reward sensitivity and associated high-risk behaviors, less is known about the differential ...
Shervin Assari, Golnoush Akhlaghipour, Shanika Boyce, Mohsen Bazargan, Cleopatra H. Caldwell   +4 more
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Keynote Reflections: The Public Governance Duty [PDF]

, 2012
Firms must take ever greater risks to try to innovate and create value in our increasingly competitive and complex global economy. Corporate governance law generally delegates control over excessive risk-taking to the firm’s investors, principally its ...
Jakobsson, Sven, Løvlie, Hanne, Olofsson, Martin, Tibblin, Jessika, Wiklund, Christer   +4 more
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Adolescent D-amphetamine treatment in a rodent model of ADHD: pro-cognitive effects during adolescence and cocaine abuse risk during adulthood [PDF]

, 2015
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is comorbid with cocaine abuse. Whereas initiating ADHD medication in childhood does not alter later cocaine abuse risk, initiating medication during adolescence may increase risk.
Baskin, Britahny M., Dwoskin, Linda P., Jeon, Sae-Mi, Jordan, Chloe J., Kantak, Kathleen M., Taylor, Danielle M.   +5 more
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Development of a Causal Model of Social, Academic, and Emotional Risk-Taking based on Parenting Styles, Sensation-Seeking, Stress Coping Styles Mediated by Academic Skills in Students with High-Risk Behaviors

تحقیقات نظام سلامت, 2021
Background: The aim of this study was to develop a causal model of social, academic, and emotional risk-taking based on parenting styles, sensation-seeking, stress coping styles with mediation of academic skills in students with high-risk behaviors ...
Leila Amirian, Ezatolah Ghadampour, Mohammad Abasi   +2 more
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Reward context determines risky choice in pigeons and humans [PDF]

, 2014
Whereas humans are risk averse for monetary gains, other animals can be risk seeking for food rewards, especially when faced with variable delays or under significant deprivation.
Ludvig, Elliot Andrew, Madan, Christopher R., Pisklak, Jeffrey M., Spetch, Marcia Louise   +3 more
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