Citation

Castanier C, Le Scanff C, Woodman T. Res. Q. Exerc. Sport 2010; 81(4): 478-484.

Affiliation

UFR STAPS at University of Orsay. carole.castanier@u-psud.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21268472

Abstract

We investigated the risk-taking behaviors of 302 men involved in high-risk sports (downhill skiing mountaineering rock climbing, paragliding, or skydiving). The sportsmen were classified using a typological approach to personality based on eight personality types, which were constructed from combinations of neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness. Results showed that personality types with a configuration of low conscientiousness combined with high extraversion and/or high neuroticism (impulsive, hedonistic, insecure) were greater risk-takers. Conversely, personality types with a configuration of high conscientiousness combined with low extraversion and/or high extraversion (skeptic, brooder, entrepreneur) were lower risk-takers. Results are discussed in the context of typology and other approaches to understanding who takes risks in high-risk domains.

Language: en