The Relation between Five-Factor Personality Traits and Risk-Taking Behavior in Preadolescents

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Ronnie L. McGhee, David J. Ehrler, Joseph A. Buckhalt, Carol Brunson Phillips
2012-01-01

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The predictive relation between Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality traits using the Five Factor Personality Inventory-Children (FFPI-C) and degrees of risk-taking in preadolescents (ages 10 to 12) was studied in a sample of 50 fifth-graders. Results indicated that high Extraversion and Openness to Experience and low Conscientiousness were correlated with high risk-taking. The FFPI-C factors were significantly predictive of risk-taking behavior, and accounted for 42% of the risk-taking variance, based on a multiple regression analysis. These findings suggest that the same mechanisms that are associated with adult risk-taking may already be present in children as young as 10 to 12-years of age.
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Findings suggest that mechanisms linked to adult risk-taking may already be present in children aged 10 to 12 years.
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Five-Factor personality traits significantly predicted risk-taking and explained 42% of its variance in multiple regression analysis.
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In 10- to 12-year-old fifth-graders, higher Extraversion and Openness to Experience were associated with greater risk-taking.
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Lower Conscientiousness was associated with higher risk-taking behavior among preadolescents.

Preadolescents aged 10–12

The predictive relationship of Five-Factor Model personality traits—particularly Extraversion, Openness to Experience, and Conscientiousness—to risk-taking behavior

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Ronnie L. McGhee
David J. Ehrler
Joseph A. Buckhalt
Carol Brunson Phillips
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