Risk taking, including that within the financial domain, is often considered to represent a unidimensional
personality trait. This paper considers the relatively unexplored construct of instrumental financial risk
taking: a class of behaviours that while inherently risky, are entered into with a greater degree of consideration
than more impulsive or disinhibited forms of risk taking. Participants (N = 1043) completed a
novel questionnaire assessing instrumental and disinhibited financial risk taking as part of a battery
including measures of: sensation-seeking, impulsivity, psychopathic personality traits and real life financial
outcomes. Correlations revealed a divergent pattern of relationships supporting the utility of characterising
these different forms of financial risk. Scores on the novel instrument are shown to explain more
than 10% of the variance in the use of riskier, more productive savings products, over and above the influence
of demographics and financial status
Risk taking, including that within the financial domain, is often considered to represent a unidimensionalpersonality trait. This paper considers the relatively unexplored construct of instrumental financial risktaking: a class of behaviours that while inherently risky, are entered into with a greater degree of considerationthan more impulsive or disinhibited forms of risk taking. Participants (N = 1043) completed anovel questionnaire assessing instrumental and disinhibited financial risk taking as part of a batteryincluding measures of: sensation-seeking, impulsivity, psychopathic personality traits and real life financialoutcomes. Correlations revealed a divergent pattern of relationships supporting the utility of characterisingthese different forms of financial risk. Scores on the novel instrument are shown to explain morethan 10% of the variance in the use of riskier, more productive savings products, over and above the influenceof demographics and financial status
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