Risk-taking, Self Control and Humor Styles

Completed

• Conditions: Risk-Taking; Humor as Topic; Self-Control

• Registration Number: NCT04145765
• Lead Sponsor: Malahat Amani

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-01
• Study Completion: 2019-09-03
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-30
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 380

Inclusion Criteria

• be a student of the college

Exclusion Criteria

• Unwillingness to study And not being a student at university

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Humor styles	2 days	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.
Self-Control	2 days	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.
risk taking	2 days	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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

university of Bojnord; 🇮🇷 Bojnourd, North Khorasan, Iran, Islamic Republic of