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Risk taking behaviour in bipolar affective disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This piece of research was designed to explore the nature of risk taking behaviour and impulsivity in bipolar affective disorder. Involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential, or risk, for unwanted consequences forms one of the DSM IV
Bunch, Kristin
core   +7 more sources

The importance of tolerance for failure and risk-taking among insurance firms in hyperinflationary Zimbabwe

open access: yesThe Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 2019
Background: At the dawn of the 21st century, Zimbabwe started moving towards dangerous levels of the infamous hyperinflation trajectory that made management of businesses a nightmare. Many businesses failed.
Oliver Kapepa, Jurie van Vuuren
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Digital Finance on the Total Factor Productivity of Commercial Banks: An Empirical Analysis of China

open access: yesMathematics, 2023
With the development of technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, digital technology and finance are becoming increasingly intertwined.
Cisheng Wu, Teng Liu, Xiaoxian Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Physical Risk Taking in Rock Climbing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This study was designed to investigate factors influencing physical risk taking in the sport of rock climbing. Specifically, the relationships between physical risk taking, sensation seeking, spheres of control, and desirability of control were examined.
Lew Hardy   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Learning to Drive Safely: Reasonable Expectations and Future Directions for the Learner Period

open access: yesSafety, 2016
The young driver problem is typified by high crash rates early in licensure that decline with experience, but are higher initially and decline more slowly for the youngest novices. Despite considerable effort, only Graduated Driver Licensing System (GDLS)
Bruce Simons-Morton, Johnathon P. Ehsani
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the relationship between health concerns and high‐risk behaviours in Medical Sciences' students

open access: yesNursing Open, 2020
Aim The need to cope with life concerns may drive an individual to resort to high‐risk behaviours. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health concerns and high‐risk behaviours. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Hoda Arabi‐Mianrood   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting corporate governance and financial risk-taking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Corporate governance attributes have varying effects on risk taking when variables are examined separately. We study the effects of a large range of corporate governance attributes on risk taking using a comprehensive US sample. Our findings confirm that
Yazdifar, Hassan   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Managing Risks and Perceptions in Everyday Organisational Cybersecurity

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Information Systems
Employee compliance is crucial for effective cybersecurity, yet the underlying psychological drivers of risky behaviours remain complex. Deliberate cybersecurity risks can arise through active behaviours (actions) or passive behaviours (inaction ...
Sunitha Prabhu
doaj   +1 more source

Risk governance as a line of defense: Systematic review of hotspots for future research

open access: yesCogent Business & Management, 2023
To forestall future financial crises, risk governance has been embraced as a line of defense. Therefore, this paper seeks to synthesize the risk governance literature, identifying gaps, and suggesting direction for future research, through a systematic ...
John Agyekum Addae   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtual Reality as a New Approach for Risk Taking Assessment

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Understanding how people behave when facing hazardous situations, how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence the risk taking (RT) decision making process and to what extent it is possible to modify their reactions externally, are questions that have ...
Carla de-Juan-Ripoll   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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