Trait dominance predicts risk-taking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-422

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

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Decision making; Dominance; Emotion; Gender; Personality; Pleasure; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349107015     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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