فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Self‑confidence means recognizing your abilities, self‑interest, and being awareof your feelings. Risk‑taking is one of the personality traits that may be affected by confidence. Itcan be defined as behavior that increases the probability of negative consequences. Consideringthe importance of students’ self‑confidence and its relation with risk‑taking, the aim of this study is tostudy the relation between self‑confidence and risk‑taking among the students of Tehran Universityof Medical Sciences in 2017.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was done on 363 students of TUMS bystratified sampling. The tool for collecting data is based on a self-confidence questionnaire and arisk-taking questionnaire developed by Moradi et al. Data analysis was performed using Pearson’scorrelation coefficient.RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 21.86 years and 54.5% of participants were girls andthe rest were boys. No significant correlation was observed between risk‑taking and self-confidencein students according to the Pearson’s coefficient test (r = 0.05, P = 0.29).CONCLUSION: The results indicated that there is no relation between self‑confidence andrisk‑taking among students, and students who have higher self‑confidence are not exposedto high risks. Therefore, we need more studies in different age groups to validate this exactrelationship.