TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Risk-taking and reasons for living in non-clinical Italian university students
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Innamorati, Marco
A1  - Narciso, Valentina
A1  - Vento, Alessandro
A1  - De Pisa, Eleonora
A1  - Tatarelli, Roberto
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
SP  - 751
EP  - 762
VL  - 31
IS  - 8
N2  - The associations between risk-taking, hopelessness, and reasons for living were explored in a sample of 312 Italian students. Respondents completed the Physical Risk Assessment Inventory, the Physical Risk-Taking Behavior Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Reasons for Living Inventory. Students with lower scores on the Reasons for Living Inventory and higher scores on the Beck Hopelessness Scale rated the risky activities as less risky and engaged in them more often. Women obtained higher scores on risk assessment, lower scores on personal risk-taking and higher scores on the Reasons for Living Inventory and most of its subscales. Men in general and people who take risks and perceive lower risk are more hopeless and relatively weak in reasons for living.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -