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The role of future unpredictability in human risk-taking.

Abstract

Models of risk-taking as used in the social sciences may be improved by including concepts from life history theory, particularly environmental unpredictability and life expectancy. Community college students completed self-report questionnaires measuring these constructs along with several well-known correlates. The frequency of risk-taking was higher for those with higher future unpredictability beliefs and shorter lifespan estimates (as measured by the Future Lifespan Assessment developed for this study), and unpredictability beliefs remained significant after accounting for standard predictors, such as sex and temperament. The results demonstrate the usefulness of applying concepts from life history theory to enhance our understanding of human behavior.

Entities: Species

Keywords: Community college students; Family unreliability; Future unpredictability beliefs; Life expectancy; Life history theory; Risk-taking; Socioeconomic resources

Year: 1997 PMID： 26197163 DOI： 10.1007/BF02913037

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Nat ISSN： 1045-6767

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