You bet: How personality differences affect risk-taking preferences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1484-1494

  Demaree, Heath A ^a   DeDonno, Michael A ^a   Burns, Kevin J ^b   Erik Everhart, D ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Gambling; Personality; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649119613     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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