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| Title |
Decision making and impulsiveness in abstinent alcohol-dependent people and healthy individuals: a neuropsychological examination
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| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13011-015-0020-7 |
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| Authors |
Natalie Körner, Peggy Schmidt, Michael Soyka |
| Abstract |
Alcohol dependence is associated with deficits in decision making and increased impulsiveness. Therefore, we compared decision making in abstinent alcohol-dependent people ("abstainers") and matched healthy individuals ("comparison group") to determine whether impulsiveness or personality traits play a role in decision making. Abstainers (n = 40) were recruited from treatment facilities in and around Munich, Germany, and the comparison group (n = 40) through personal contacts and social media. We assessed decision making with the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), impulsiveness with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and personality traits with the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The comparison group performed significantly better in the IGT (mean profit € 159.50, SD 977.92) than the abstainers (mean loss - € 1,400.13, SD 1,362.10; p < .001) and showed significantly less impulsiveness in the BIS-11 (comparison group: mean 56.03, SD 7.80; abstainers: mean 63.55, SD 11.47; p < .001). None of the five personality traits assessed with the NEO-FFI differed significantly between the groups. The results confirm that abstinent alcohol-dependent people do not perform as well as healthy individuals in decision-making tasks and show greater impulsiveness, but in this study did not affect their decision-making ability. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 64 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 14% |
| Researcher | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 12% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 10 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 28 | 43% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 September 2016.
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#2,462,724
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#120
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#33,070
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#3
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