Study of High Risk Behaviors and theirAssociation with Personality Factors

paper focuses on studying the issue of risky
behavior and its relation to personality factors in students.
method: The sample included 100 students who were
selected via cluster random sampling from among all
students of the university. To collect data on Eysinck
personality questionnaire and Iranian Adolescents Risk-
taking Scale, Zuckerman sensation seeking inventory and
Beck Depression Inventory was used .The data were
analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple
regression analysis. Finding: Pearson correlation
coefficient showed that high-risk behavior personality traits
of extraversion, neuroticism and psychosis-oriented, but a
significant positive correlation with introversion
personality characteristic and significant negative
relationship. Multiple regression analysis showed that
personality factors can be used to predict their risk
behaviors. Conclusion: Considering the role of personality
factors in high-risk tendency of people to different behavior.