Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task.

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serval:BIB_E232079926EE
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task.
Journal
Scientific reports
Author(s)
Sørensen L., Adolfsdottir S., Kvadsheim E., Eichele H., Plessen K.J., Sonuga-Barke E.
ISSN
2045-2322 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2045-2322
Publication state
Published
Issued date
19/03/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
14
Number
1
Pages
6535
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Over half of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) display interpersonal and social problems. Several lines of research suggest that suboptimal decision making, the ability to adjust choices to different risk-varying options, influences poorer choices made in social interactions. We thus measured decision making and its prediction of social problems longitudinally with the Cambridge Gambling Task in children with ADHD over four years. Children with ADHD had shown suboptimal decision making driven mainly by delay aversion at baseline and we expected this to be a stabile trait which would predict greater parent-reported social problems. From the baseline assessment (n = 70), 67% participated at the follow-up assessment, 21 from the ADHD group and 26 from the typically developing group. The mean age at the follow-up was 14.5 years old. The results confirmed our expectations that suboptimal decision making was a stabile trait in children and adolescents with ADHD. Although delay aversion did not differ from controls at follow-up it still proved to be the main longitudinal predictor for greater social problems. Our findings indicate that impulsivity in social interactions may be due to a motivational deficit in youth with ADHD.
Keywords
Child, Adolescent, Humans, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Gambling, Impulsive Behavior, Social Interaction, Decision Making
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Open Access
Yes
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