Risk propensity, absent-mindedness and depression versus involvement in accidents

• Authors: Ryszard Studenski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Relations between individual traits and frequency of causing accidents have been analyzed. On the basis of results from 465 women and 277 men it has been found that the causing of accidents correlates with risk propensity and with risk taking infl uenced by self-destructive motivation. Persons often causing accidents are also absent minded to a greater degree, and experience depressive moods more frequently than persons rarely involved in accidents.

Keywords

EN

Biophyllic and self-destructive motivation; Individual accident index; Risk taking; Absent-mindedness; Depression

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 333-343

Contributors

author

Ryszard Studenski

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice, 9 Kossutha Street, 40-844 Katowice, Poland