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Risky behaviour - what is risk and why do we take it?

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Risky behaviour - what is risk and why do we take it?

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A risk is some action or situation that causes a threat to something of value to occur. So by taking this type of action, we can expect a loss or a situation to arise that is unfavourable.[1]

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[1] "Health promotion and disorder prevention from the perspective of psychology" H. Sęk [in:] "Clinical Psychology. T1" edited by H. Sęk, Warsaw 2005 [2] "Risk as necessity and risk as pleasure. Theory and its empirical verification." T. Zaleśkiewicz [in:] "Psychology of risk behaviours. Concept, research, practice." ed. by M. goszczyńska, R. Studerski, Warsaw 2006 [3] "Diagnosis-distance-instrumentality. Psychological determinants of readiness to prevent threats." P. Gasparski [in:] "Psychology of risk behaviours. Concept, research, practice." ed. by M. Goszczyńska, R. Studerski, Warsaw 2006 [4] "Selected subjective determinants to risk in women and men" by M. Stawiarska- Lietzau [in:] "Psychology of risk behaviours. Concept, research, practice." ed. by M. oszczyńska, R. Studerski, Warsaw 2006

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