TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk taking and adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
T2 - A gap between real life behavior and experimental decision making
AU - Pollak, Yehuda
AU - Shalit, Reut
AU - Aran, Adi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are prone to suboptimal decision making and risk taking. The aim of this study was to test performance on a theoretically-based probabilistic decision making task in well-characterized adults with and without ADHD, and examine the relation between experimental risk taking and history of real-life risk-taking behavior, defined as cigarette, alcohol, and street drug use. University students with and without ADHD completed a modified version of the Cambridge Gambling Test, in which they had to choose between alternatives varied by level of risk, and reported their history of substance use. Both groups showed similar patterns of risk taking on the experimental decision making task, suggesting that ADHD is not linked to low sensitivity to risk. Past and present substance use was more prevalent in adults with ADHD. These finding question the validity of experimental probabilistic decision making task as a valid model for ADHD-related risk-taking behavior.
AB - Adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are prone to suboptimal decision making and risk taking. The aim of this study was to test performance on a theoretically-based probabilistic decision making task in well-characterized adults with and without ADHD, and examine the relation between experimental risk taking and history of real-life risk-taking behavior, defined as cigarette, alcohol, and street drug use. University students with and without ADHD completed a modified version of the Cambridge Gambling Test, in which they had to choose between alternatives varied by level of risk, and reported their history of substance use. Both groups showed similar patterns of risk taking on the experimental decision making task, suggesting that ADHD is not linked to low sensitivity to risk. Past and present substance use was more prevalent in adults with ADHD. These finding question the validity of experimental probabilistic decision making task as a valid model for ADHD-related risk-taking behavior.
KW - Adults
KW - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW - Cambridge Gambling Test
KW - Probabilistic decision making
KW - Risk-taking behavior
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.012
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C2 - 29028525
AN - SCOPUS:85030834060
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 259
SP - 56
EP - 62
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
ER -