Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder
Groups are essential elements of society, and humans, by nature, commonly manifest intergroup bias (i.e., behave more positively toward an ingroup member than toward an outgroup member). Despite the growing evidence of various types of altered decision-making in individuals with autism spectrum diso...
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| author | Chenyu Qian Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Takashi Itahashi Yuta Y. Aoki Haruhisa Ohta Haruhisa Ohta Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Motoaki Nakamura Motoaki Nakamura Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Nobumasa Kato Junya Fujino Junya Fujino Junya Fujino |
| author_facet | Chenyu Qian Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Takashi Itahashi Yuta Y. Aoki Haruhisa Ohta Haruhisa Ohta Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Motoaki Nakamura Motoaki Nakamura Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Nobumasa Kato Junya Fujino Junya Fujino Junya Fujino |
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| description | Groups are essential elements of society, and humans, by nature, commonly manifest intergroup bias (i.e., behave more positively toward an ingroup member than toward an outgroup member). Despite the growing evidence of various types of altered decision-making in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their behavior under the situation involving group membership remains largely unexplored. By modifying a third-party punishment paradigm, we investigated intergroup bias in individuals with ASD and typical development (TD). In our experiment, participants who were considered as the third party observed a dictator game wherein proposers could decide how to distribute a provided amount of money while receivers could only accept unconditionally. Participants were confronted with two different group situations: the proposer was an ingroup member and the recipient was an outgroup member (IN/OUT condition) or the proposer was an outgroup member and the recipient was an ingroup member (OUT/IN condition). Participants with TD punished proposers more severely when violating social norms in the OUT/IN condition than in IN/OUT condition, indicating that their decisions were influenced by the intergroup context. This intergroup bias was attenuated in individuals with ASD. Our findings deepen the understanding of altered decision-making and socioeconomic behaviors in individuals with ASD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28552bf9cb84450f8b7d2564ba595ce52022-12-22T03:59:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-08-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.884529884529Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorderChenyu Qian0Shisei Tei1Shisei Tei2Shisei Tei3Shisei Tei4Takashi Itahashi5Yuta Y. Aoki6Haruhisa Ohta7Haruhisa Ohta8Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto9Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto10Motoaki Nakamura11Motoaki Nakamura12Hidehiko Takahashi13Hidehiko Takahashi14Hidehiko Takahashi15Nobumasa Kato16Junya Fujino17Junya Fujino18Junya Fujino19Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanInstitute of Applied Brain Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JapanSchool of Human and Social Sciences, Tokyo International University, Saitama, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Language Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanKanagawa Psychiatric Center, Kanagawa, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JapanMedical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanGroups are essential elements of society, and humans, by nature, commonly manifest intergroup bias (i.e., behave more positively toward an ingroup member than toward an outgroup member). Despite the growing evidence of various types of altered decision-making in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their behavior under the situation involving group membership remains largely unexplored. By modifying a third-party punishment paradigm, we investigated intergroup bias in individuals with ASD and typical development (TD). In our experiment, participants who were considered as the third party observed a dictator game wherein proposers could decide how to distribute a provided amount of money while receivers could only accept unconditionally. Participants were confronted with two different group situations: the proposer was an ingroup member and the recipient was an outgroup member (IN/OUT condition) or the proposer was an outgroup member and the recipient was an ingroup member (OUT/IN condition). Participants with TD punished proposers more severely when violating social norms in the OUT/IN condition than in IN/OUT condition, indicating that their decisions were influenced by the intergroup context. This intergroup bias was attenuated in individuals with ASD. Our findings deepen the understanding of altered decision-making and socioeconomic behaviors in individuals with ASD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.884529/fullautism spectrum disorderbehavioral economicsdecision-makingintergroup biasthird-party punishment |
| spellingShingle | Chenyu Qian Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Shisei Tei Takashi Itahashi Yuta Y. Aoki Haruhisa Ohta Haruhisa Ohta Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto Motoaki Nakamura Motoaki Nakamura Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Hidehiko Takahashi Nobumasa Kato Junya Fujino Junya Fujino Junya Fujino Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder Frontiers in Psychiatry autism spectrum disorder behavioral economics decision-making intergroup bias third-party punishment |
| title | Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| title_full | Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| title_fullStr | Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| title_short | Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| title_sort | intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder |
| topic | autism spectrum disorder behavioral economics decision-making intergroup bias third-party punishment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.884529/full |
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