Risk-taking, Self Control and Humor Styles

NCT04145765 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13181
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 380
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Therefore, this study tries to examine relationships among risk perception, risk-taking and humor styles through the mediating role of self-control. The present study used the correlation method. The statistical population consisted of all undergraduate students from University of Bojnord. The number of 400 students from the Faculty of Humanities and Basic Sciences was selected by using cluster sampling. The questionnaires were distributed in the classes among who inclined to participate in this study and they completed the questionnaires as anonymous.

Conditions

Risk-Taking; Humor as Topic; Self-Control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Self-Control

  variable self-control was measured by the self-control Questionnaire. it has 36 items that were rated on a 5-point scale (from 1 not at all like me to 5 very much like me). it was completed by the participants.

  2 days

• Humor styles

  variable of humor style was measured by the Questionnaire of humor style. it HSQ included 32-item measures humor styles on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree (1)"to "strongly agree(7)". HSQ measure the four humor styles of affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating. it was completed by the participants.

  2 days

• risk taking

  the variable of risk-taking was measeured by Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale. DOSPERT is 30- items that measure risks in 5 fields: health/safety, social, ethical, financial, and recreational. Each item is assessed twice, one time was rated items based on perceived risk and next time was rated same items based on likelihood engage in the risky. it was completed by the participants. Responses are give with using a 7-point rating scale ranging from1 (Extremely Unlikely) to 7 (Extremely Likely). Higher scores indicate greater risk taking in the domain of the subscale. the risk-perception scale evaluates the respondents' gut level assessment of how risky each behavior is on a7-point rating scale ranging from 1 (Not at all) to 7 (Extremely Risky). Ratings are again added across all items of a given subscale to obtain subscale scores, with higher scores suggesting perceptions of greater risk in the domain of the subscale

  2 days

Interventions

correlation OTHER

the subjects completed the questionnaires

Also known as: descriptive

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The numbers of 380 completed questionnaires were collected. The participants were in range 18 to 29 years old and the mean and standard deviation were 20.27 and 1.96, respectively. Given at the University of Bojnord the proportion of females to males is 70 percent to 30 percent that the proportion of females and males in the sample was observed. In this manner, the 78 percent, 17.7 percent and 4.4 percent of participants were female, male and uncertain, respectively.

You may qualify if:

• be a student of the college

You may not qualify if:

• Unwillingness to study And not being a student at university

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Malahat Amani: lead

Study Sites (1)

university of Bojnord

Bojnourd, North Khorasan, 9453155111, Iran

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Risk-Taking; Self-Control

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Social Behavior

Study Officials

• Malahat Amani

  University of Bojnord

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 24, 2019
• First Posted: October 31, 2019
• Study Start: April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2019
• Study Completion: September 3, 2019
• Last Updated: November 1, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

IR (1)