Scale Overview & Construct
30-item scale measuring risk-taking likelihood across five life domains: social, recreational, financial, health/safety, and ethical.
Purpose & Measurement Objectives
Instrument Specifications
Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance
When referencing this instrument in research, academic theses, or clinical institutional audits, please cite the original author publication:
Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
Imported from the OpenScales open item-bank project. This specific digital implementation has not been independently clinically validated by PsiQ — scores are for self-reflection, research, and educational purposes only, and are not a diagnosis. The source instrument optionally also collects separate risk-perception and expected-benefit ratings per item; only the primary risk-taking likelihood rating is implemented here, since this platform records one response per item.
License: CC BY 4.0. Citation: Blais, A. R., & Weber, E. U. (2006). A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations. Judgment and Decision Making, 1(1), 33-47. This is not a diagnostic tool.