The purpose of this descriptive-correlational research was to determine effects of social capital components on risk-taking of rural people. The research population consisted of rape seed farmers of Kangavar Township, Kermanshah Province (N=389). 185 farmers were selected by systematic random sampling method. Based on the findings, level of social capital and risk taking among farmers were at t...

The purpose of the this research was investigate the comparison of risk taking and cognitive distortion of students with and without addiction tendency. This research was a case-comparative study. The population is consisted of all boy students of high school  in the city of  Bostanabad. The research participants is consisted of 200 students (100 students with addiction tendency and 100 student...

Abstract: The banking industry is one of the main sectors of the economy of any country, that its health is a necessary condition to play a positive role in the economic development of that country. The health of the banking system is assessed by the financial stability criterion, which is evaluated by various risk-taking indexes. On the other hand, the banks risk-taking is affected by various...

Background: The present study aimed to compare social problem solving ability and risk-taking in patients with AIDS and healthy individuals. Methods: In the research study, 50 patients aged 20 to 45 years with AIDS referred to Valfajr Health Center Tehran in 2013 were assessed. Also, 50 healthy individuals were considered as the control. To evaluate the ability to solve a social problem, speci...

Introduction: One of the main outcomes of self-esteem is self-confidence. Risk-taking is also a human characteristic influenced by self-confidence such that it is more likely for people with high self-confidence to make risky decisions with negative unpleasant consequences. Hence the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-confidence and risk-taking among female student...