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Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk-taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones

A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations

Predicting (un)healthy behavior: A comparison of risk-taking propensity measures

Testing Risk-Taking Behavior in Chinese Undergraduate Students

Beyond a Trait View of Risk-Taking: A Domain-Specific Scale Measuring Risk Perceptions, Expected Benefits, and Perceived-Risk Attitude in German-Speaking Populations

Spanish validation of the Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT-30) Scale

https://sites.google.com/decisionsciences.columbia.edu/dospert/home

DOSPERT is a psychometric scale that assesses risk taking in five content domains: financial decisions (separately for investing versus gambling), health/safety, recreational, ethical, and social decisions.

There are two versions. The first one was developed in 2002 with 40 items an a shorter version was developed in 2006 with 30 items. 

Respondents rate the likelihood that they would engage in domain-specific risky activities. For the Risk-Behavior scale, respondents evaluated their like-lihood of engaging in these risk behaviors (i.e. ‘ . . . indicate your likelihood of engaging in each activity’) ona five-point rating scale ranging from 1 (‘Extremely unlikely’) to 5 (‘Extremely likely’). For the Risk-Perception scale, participants rated their perception of the risk entailed by each risky behavior (i.e.‘ . . . indicate your gut level assessment of how risky each situation is’) on a five-point rating scale rangingfrom 1 (‘Not at all risky’) to 5 (‘Extremely risky’). Items were not presented by subscales but were randomlyinterspersed. The random ordering of items was different for the two scales.