Search for dissertations about: "risk-taking behavior"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words risk-taking behavior.

  2. 1. Temperamental Influences on Risk-taking during Middle Childhood

    Author : Beatrice Nyström; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Temperament; Risk-taking; Decision-making; Middle childhood; Temperament; Risktagande; Beslutsfattande; Barndomen;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns temperamental qualities and their influence on risk-taking behavior during middle childhood (7–11 years of age). Contemporary research generally agrees upon the notion that temperament constitutes two motivational systems, sensitive to punishment and reward respectively, together with a third system that is responsible for regulating the motivational systems. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health, Risk-Taking Behavior and Sexuality in Swedish Adolescents

    Author : Lars I Holmberg; Claes Sundelin; Lars Jacobsson; Dan Hellberg; Erik Bergström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Pediatrics; unplanned pregnacy; abortion; adolescents; young men; individual support; Outpatient Clinic for Adolescents; Sweden; decision making; grounded theory; health behavior; risk behavior; sexual behavior; vocational program; theoretical program; Pediatrik;

    Abstract : The overall aims of this research were to develop methods of identifying adolescents with unhealthy and/or risk-taking behavior with special reference to sexuality, and to evaluate support measures for young people in need of such interventions. A further aim was to assess strategies for preventing unhealthy and/or risk-taking behavior. READ MORE

  5. 3. Trust and risk-taking: A study of consumer behaviour within a Swedish pension investment setting

    Author : Jeanette Hauff Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumer behavior; trust; risk-taking; pension system; involment; knowledge;

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  6. 4. Individual differences in behavior, neurochemistry and pharmacology associated with voluntary alcohol intake

    Author : Shima Momeni; Erika Roman; Bo Söderpalm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intermittent access; multivariate concentric square field; open field; risk assessment; risk taking; individual difference; behavior; strain variation; endogenous opioid system; naltrexone; Pharmaceutical Science; Farmaceutisk vetenskap;

    Abstract : Alcohol use disorder is a worldwide public health problem and is a disorder with substantial individual variation. There are suggested links between various behavioral traits, comorbid psychiatric diseases and excessive alcohol consumption. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on economic behavior, gender and strategic learning

    Author : Patrik Gränsmark; Eskil Wadensjö; Michael Rosholm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time preference; time inconsistency; impatience; gender; mixed-sex competition; aggressiveness; attractiveness; risk taking; chess; strategic learning; beliefs.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of four papers. Strategic behavior across gender: A comparison of female and male expert chess players analyzes gender differences in risk behavior in chess. We use a panel data set with 1.4 million games. READ MORE