For a long time, researchers have been very interested in the connection between depression and dangerous decisions. They have tried to reveal whether people with severe depression (MDD) show different adventure behaviors compared with health. A team of China Southwest University, led by Mr. Tao Wang, and his colleague Ms. Yujie Yuan, Ying He, Dr. Jiayi Zhu, Beitong Lin, Qiao Yin and Peiru Peng, Peiru Peng The relationship was analyzed to clarify. Their discovery was published in the magazine of the “Emotional Report” and provided valuable insights for how depression affects the decision -making process.
As we all know, depression, especially severe depression (MDD), will seriously damage cognitive functions, including decision -making. It is characterized by low emotional, dislikes of activities, and various other symptoms that affect personal daily functions. In view of the social burden of depression, understanding of its impact on adventure behavior is essential to formulate effective clinical intervention.
In the charm analysis, researchers have studied many studies, and these studies use recognized decision -making tasks to evaluate the adventure behavior of MDD patients. These tasks include Iowa Gambling Mission (IGT), Balloon Simulation Risk Mission (BART), Cambridge Gambling Mission (CGT) and dice games (GDT). By summarizing the data of these studies, the team’s purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of how MDD affects risk decision -making.
Analysis shows some interesting discoveries. In the gambling mission in Iowa, compared with the Health Control Group (HC), individuals with MDDs have selected more unfavorable decks, which indicates a higher risk tendency and supported by medium effects. On the contrary, in the balloon simulation risk mission, there are fewer people with MDD on the balloon, which indicates that MDD patients may prefer risk. The possible cause of this phenomenon may be attributed to the structural differences between IGT and BART. Specific reasons retain future investigations.
Interestingly, there is no significant difference between MDD patients and health control in the Cambridge gambling mission and dice games. These results show that the impact of MDD on adventure may be specific to the task, affected by the nature of the decision -making process involved in each task.
Mepay analysis also explores the role of population factors (such as age and gender) in the relationship between MDD and risk decisions. Analysis of the Asian group shows that the role size (MDD-HC contrast) in each of the age groups (MDD-HC comparison) in Iowa Gambling Mission and balloon simulation risk mission is significantly. Young people show a large effect, and older participants opened. These differences related to age emphasize the importance of considering the statistical factors of population when studying the cognitive effects of depression.
Dr. Zeng emphasized the practical significance of these discoveries. He said: “Understanding the subtle differences of depression affects decision -making can provide information for targeted intervention measures to help patients manage their own condition more effectively.” By determining a specific model of adventure behavior related to MDD, clinicians clinicians It can customize its treatment to better solve cognitive defects related to depression.
In short, the analysis of Dr. Zeng and his colleagues studied the complex relationship between depression and dangerous decisions in detail. According to the nature of decision -making tasks and population statistical factors, it emphasizes the variability of adventure behavior in the MDD individual. These insights are designed to reduce the more subtle and effective clinical intervention measures related to depression.
Journal reference
Wang, T., Zeng, J., Yuan, Y., H, Y., Zhu, J., Lin, B., yin, Q. , & PENG, P. (2024). “Exploring the complex relationship between depression and dangerous decisions: a contingent analysis.” Emotional Report Magazine. Doi: https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100771
About the author
Jiangmin He is an associate professor at the School of Psychology, Southwest University. He mainly studies economic and social decisions from the perspective of cognition, neuroscience and genetics. He published many papers in international journals, including Psychological and marketing,,,,, Neurological magazine,,,,, Brain communication,,,,, Judgment and decision. Except for other academic contributions,,,,, He and his team discovered several new decision -making phenomena, such as the final step effect, anchoring effect at intervals, and the differences between parasites receiver in decisions between probability and conventional gifts.
Wang Tao He is a graduate student at the School of Psychology, Southwest University. His research interest is mainly focused on decision -making, especially the unique decision -making process of mental patients. Wang is particularly interested in the basic neural mechanism of decision -making, and is committed to using a method of gathered analysis to resolve the existing contradictions in the field.
