%0 Journal Article
%T Risk-taking behaviour: the role of dark triad traits, impulsivity, sensation seeking and adverse childhood experience
%J Acta informatica medica
%D 2023
%A Babakr, Zana
%A Fatahi, Nabi
%V 31
%N 4
%P 292-299
%X OBJECTIVE: Dark Triad Traits, Adverse Childhood Experiences, impulsivity and sensation seeking significantly influence whether one engages in or avoids various risk behaviours and personality throughout life. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to investigate how Dark Triad Traits, Adverse Childhood Experience and impulsivity sensation influence risk taking behaviour personality throughout life. <br><br>METHODS: The sample included 222 university students from four universities, 82 males (36.9%) and 140 females (63.1%), and aged between 18 and 51 years. <br><br>RESULTS: The results showed that adverse childhood experiences, psychopathy, narcissism, impulsivity and sensation-seeking predicted risk taking. Machiavellianism, on the other hand, did not significantly predict risk taking. Based on results, adverse childhood experiences predicted risk-taking directly and indirectly through psychopathy, narcissism, impulsivity and sensation seeking. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results indicate that early childhood experiences are a significant factor in personality traits and that positive early experiences could lead to minimising risk taking and reducing levels of impulsivity, sensation-seeking and dark triad traits.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
%@ 0353-8109
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2023.31.292-299