TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Risk-taking behaviour: the role of dark triad traits, impulsivity, sensation seeking and adverse childhood experience
JO  - Acta informatica medica
A1  - Babakr, Zana
A1  - Fatahi, Nabi
SP  - 292
EP  - 299
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-8109
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2023.31.292-299
ID  - ref1
ER  -