ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to investigatee individuals� risk-taking behaviors through different variables and examine the relation between personal charecteristics and perfectionism. A total of 301 students, 170 female and 131 male, between the ages of 15 and 20 participated in this research. For data collection, three data collection tools, �Personal Information Form�, �The scale of ris-taking in adolescents�, and � The Scale of Perfectionism in Child and Adolescents� were used. The data was analysed through t-test, ANOVA analysis and multi- regression analysis. The findings showed that the level of risk-taking behaviors in adolescents is highly related to their gender and marital status of their parents, but as to their after-school activities, there seemed no significant differences. The results aslo state that there is a significant statistical relation between socially-oriented and self-oriented perfectionism and risk-taking, in which perfectionism is an effective factor. Keywords: Adolescence, risk-raking, perfectionism, personality

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