This study identifies the effect of government financial support services (GFSS) on relationship between two dimensions psychological factors in business ventures. As such, uses small and medium enterprises (SMEs) various Malaysian sectors as samples, with constructs used to represent factors, namely, risk-taking (RT) propensity self-confidence (SC). The results revealed that both had a signifi...

Previous research suggests that sleep deprivation is associated with declines in metabolic activity within brain regions important for judgement and impulse control, yet previous studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding the effects of sleep loss and caffeine on risk-taking. In this study, 25 healthy adults (21 men, four women) completed the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) and Evalu...

In a national youth sample, the propensity to use substances was more strongly related to motor vehicle crashes than use of any specific substance studied (cigarette, alcohol, marijuana). Substance use propensity was associated with sensation seeking, suggesting that increased crash risk for these youth is likely a result of general risk-taking tendencies.