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What is risk-taking?(Brief Article)(Editorial)

Publication: Sea&Shore

Publication Date: 22-JUN-05
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COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Navy Safety Center

A health guru's analysis of "risk-taking" that I was reading awhile back included a definition of the subject. The reference he used, a psychology dictionary, described risk-taking as "a hypothesized personality dimension, reflecting the degree to which an individual willingly undertakes actions that jeopardize something of personal value."

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