Acta Psychologica Sinica

Abstract

As economy is developing rapidly, people encountered more and more problems associated with risk situation. This research analyzed the relationships among three variables: the individual achievement motive, the behavioral reaction in risk situations, and the opportunity-threat perception. The research used a questionnaire design, which was consisted of scales for measuring the achievement motive, behavioral reaction to a lottery game, and opportunity-threat perception. The participants came from three universities in Beijing and Chongqing (N = 262). The results showed that: (a) The “evading failures” component in the achievement motive significantly influenced the individual reaction in risk situations and the opportunity-threat perception (p < 0.05); (b) Individuals at different levels of the opportunity-threat perception behaved differently in risk situations (p < 0.01); The opportunity-threat perception was significantly correlated with behavioral variables (p < 0.05); (c) Four different patterns of perceptive combinations were found, e.g., high opportunity-low threat and so on. So opportunity-threat perception may be a two-dimensional construct.

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