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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and reliability, of the Italian version of the Passive Risk Taking (PRT) Scale

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  • Riva, Silvia
  • Gorini, Alessandra
  • Cutica, Ilaria
  • Mazzocco, Ketti
  • Pravettoni, Gabriella

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The concept of “passive risk taking”, which refers to the risk brought on or magnified by inaction, has recently appeared in the literature on risk taking. Keinan and Bereby-Meyer (2012) have developed a scale to measure the personal tendency for passive risk taking (PRT); the scale has criterion validity and high test-retest reliability; it correlates with reported passive risk taking in everyday life and with the DOSPERT scale. Furthermore, it presents divergent validity from classic risk-taking constructs such as sensation seeking, and convergent validity with procrastination and avoidance. In this paper we propose a validation of the PRT scale in Italian. We performed the linguistic adaptation to Italian via the five steps suggested by Guillemin and colleagues (1993) and Beaton and colleagues (2000); we then submitted the derived questionnaire to a 297-adult sample. Results show that two out of three factors from the original scale were confirmed. However the third factor, originally composed of 6 items, was not consistent. We present the scale derived from such results, and discuss the differences with the original scale.

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  • Riva, Silvia & Gorini, Alessandra & Cutica, Ilaria & Mazzocco, Ketti & Pravettoni, Gabriella, 2015. "Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and reliability, of the Italian version of the Passive Risk Taking (PRT) Scale," Judgment and Decision Making, Cambridge University Press, vol. 10(6), pages 597-604, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:judgdm:v:10:y:2015:i:6:p:597-604_8
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