The role of hope in financial risk seeking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-364

  Reimann, Martin ^a   Nenkov, Gergana Y ^b   MacInnis, Deborah ^c   Morrin, Maureen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Financial risk seeking; Hope; Outcome threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925582405     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000027     Document Type: Article

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