TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1
Theoretical Conceptualizations of Risk-Taking Propensity 2
Approaches to the Measurement of Risk-Taking Propensity 6
CHAPTER 2. METHOD 11
Subjects 11
Measures 11
Procedure 15
CHAPTER 3. RESULTS 17
DOSPERT Structure 17
Correlations Between DOSPERT and Non-Domain Specific Measures 20
Correlations Between DOSPERT and Self-Reported Risk-Taking Behavior 22
Correlations Between DOSPERT and Decision-making Tasks 22
DOSPERT Incremental Validity 23
CHAPTER 4. DISCUSSION 25
Limitations 28
Conclusion 29
REFERENCES 30
TABLES 35
APPENDIX. IRB APPROVAL 40