Do honest people take fewer risks? Personality correlates of risk-taking to achieve gains and avoid losses in HEXACO space

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 923-926

  Weller, Joshua A ^a   Thulin, Erik W ^b  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gain sensitivity; HEXACO; Honesty Humility; Loss sensitivity; Personality; Prospect Theory; Risky decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865540320     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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