Loss Aversion and Risk Aversion in Non-Clinical Negative Symptoms and Hypomania.

ABSTRACT: In the field of behavioral decision-making, "loss aversion" is a behavioral phenomenon in which individuals show a higher sensitivity to potential losses than to gains. Conversely, "risk averse" individuals have an enhanced sensitivity/aversion to options with uncertain consequences. Here we examine whether hypomania or negative symptoms predict the degree of these choice biases. We chose to study these two symptom dimensions because they present a common theme across many syndromes with compromised decision-making. In our exploratory study, we employed a non-clinical sample to dissociate the hypomanic from negative symptom dimension regarding choice behavior. We randomly selected a sample of 45 subjects from a student population (18-37 years) without self-reported psychiatric diagnoses (n

SUBMITTER: Klaus F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538829 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature