Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task
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...
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| author | L. Sørensen S. Adolfsdottir E. Kvadsheim H. Eichele K. J. Plessen E. Sonuga-Barke |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e437fac8dc94421fb4143bb9c7ff01472024-03-24T12:15:16ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-03-0114111110.1038/s41598-024-57041-xSuboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory taskL. Sørensen0S. Adolfsdottir1E. Kvadsheim2H. Eichele3K. J. Plessen4E. Sonuga-Barke5Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of BergenDepartment of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of BergenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of BergenRegional Resource Centre for Autism, ADHD and Tourette Syndrome Western Norway, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University HospitalDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, University of LausanneDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King’s College LondonAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57041-x |
| spellingShingle | L. Sørensen S. Adolfsdottir E. Kvadsheim H. Eichele K. J. Plessen E. Sonuga-Barke Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task Scientific Reports |
| title | Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| title_full | Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| title_fullStr | Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| title_short | Suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in ADHD: longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| title_sort | suboptimal decision making and interpersonal problems in adhd longitudinal evidence from a laboratory task |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57041-x |
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