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1China Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 12, 2025
Summary
Personality traits like extraversion and negative emotionality influence risk-taking decisions. Overconfidence acts as a key mediator, particularly for negative emotionality, impacting how individuals assess and manage risk.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Psychology
- Decision Science
Background:
- Understanding personality's role in risk decision-making is vital.
- Overconfidence is explored as a potential mediator in these relationships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine how Extraversion and Negative Emotionality influence risk-taking.
- To investigate the mediating role of overconfidence in these personality-risk relationships.
Main Methods:
- 110 university students participated.
- Utilized the Game of Dice Task, Big Five Inventory-2, and General Knowledge Questionnaire.
- Employed mediation analyses with bootstrapping and demographic controls.
Main Results:
- Extraversion showed partial mediation by overconfidence (20.5% of total effect).
- Negative Emotionality demonstrated complete mediation by overconfidence (72.8% of total effect).
- Models explained significant variance (29.4% and 22.9% respectively).
Conclusions:
- Personality traits influence risk decisions via distinct pathways.
- Extraversion involves behavioral tendencies and cognitive biases.
- Negative Emotionality primarily impacts risk through confidence calibration, suggesting tailored risk management strategies.
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