biostudies-literatureFrey RSwiss National Science Foundatione1701381https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5627985biostudies-literatureUnknown3(10)To what extent is there a general factor of risk preference, <i>R</i>, akin to <i>g</i>, the general factor of intelligence? Can risk preference be regarded as a stable psychological trait? These conceptual issues persist because few attempts have been made to integrate multiple risk-taking measures, particularly measures from different and largely unrelated measurement traditions (self-reported propensity measures assessing stated preferences, incentivized behavioral measures eliciting revealed preferences, and frequency measures assessing actual risky activities). Adopting a comprehensive psychometric approach (1507 healthy adults completing 39 risk-taking measures, with a subsample of 109 participants completing a retest session after 6 months), we provide a substantive empirical foundaScience advancesRisk preference shares the psychometric structure of major psychological traits.PMC5627985136227award319238CRSII1_136227Mata RRieskamp JHertwig RPedroni AFrey RfalseRisk preference shares the psychometric structure of major psychological traits.To what extent is there a general factor of risk preference, <i>R</i>, akin to <i>g</i>, the general factor of intelligence? Can risk preference be regarded as a stable psychological trait? These conceptual issues persist because few attempts have been made to integrate multiple risk-taking measures, particularly measures from different and largely unrelated measurement traditions (self-reported propensity measures assessing stated preferences, incentivized behavioral measures eliciting revealed preferences, and frequency measures assessing actual risky activities). Adopting a comprehensive psychometric approach (1507 healthy adults completing 39 risk-taking measures, with a subsample of 109 participants completing a retest session after 6 months), we provide a substantive empirical founda2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 Oct2026-07-15T15:12:57.81Z2019-03-27T02:58:12ZS-EPMC56279852898351110.1126/sciadv.1701381