Anticipating Risky Decision-Making Styles in Gender Murderers

Abstract

Background: Identifying the internal factors of gender murders in the face of marital infidelity is of special importance. Objectives: Therefore, the present study aimed to anticipate risky decision-making styles in gender murderers and divorce demandants with a history of marital infidelity. Materials and Methods: The present research is a descriptive design of the discriminant analysis type. The statistical community includes all men accused of gender murders and people divorce demandants from marital infidelity in Ahvaz. Hence, 86 people were selected using the judgmental sampling method. The ultimatum game and scale of risky decision styles in social situations were used to anticipate risky decision styles. The data were analyzed with SPSS 24 software. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference in health risk between the study groups. However, there is no significant difference in other components of risky decision-making, such as ambiguity, diversification, and economic risk-taking between the groups examined. Conclusions: Risk appetite and risky decision-making styles are among the psychological and intrinsic factors that can play a prominent role in the occurrence of gender murders alongside other sociological factors. Accordingly, the identification of psychological factors affecting the risky decision-making style can be effective in prognosis and the prevention of such murders.