Effect of real-world fear on risky decision-making in medical school-based students: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore the effect of real-world fear on risky decision-making under certainty and uncertainty. Methods: This quasi-experimental study enrolled non-psychology undergraduate volunteers aged between 17 and 20 years old from the Preventive Medical Institute medical school in Xi'an. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, and each group received a two-stage crossover design intervention (of a calm and fearful situation) and completed the tasks of risky decision-making under uncertainty (the balloon analog risk task: BART) and certainty (the Cambridge gambling task: CGT), respectively. The primary outcomes included the behavioral impulsivity measured by the BART value, and the speed of decision-making, the quality of decisions, the adventure index, behavi

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10017853 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature