The role of risky decision-making in aggression: A systematic review

Kuin, Niki C.; Masthoff, Erik; Kramer, Matthew P.; Scherder, E.J.A.

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.07.018

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“…While one might anticipate violent offenders to be particularly characterized by "hot" EF impairments, one study found adult violent offenders to be characterized by both "hot" EF deficits (e.g., failure to learn from punish-ment) as well as "cold" EF deficits (e.g., working memory) (De Brito, Viding, Kumari, Blackwood, & Hodgins, 2013). However, one form of hot EF-risky decision-making in the contexts of rewards-does appear to be a well-replicated correlate of aggression, as documented in a review of 16 such studies (Kuin, Masthoff, Kramer, & Scherder, 2015). If hot EFs turn out to be particularly impaired in violent offenders, it would be consistent with abnormalities in the ventromedialamygdala-striatal network that is believed to subserve hot EFs (DeBrito et al, 2013).…”

Section: Neurocognitionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Neuropsychological impairment in violent offenders may be stronger for more reactive, impulsive forms of aggression. A review of the relationship between aggression and hot EFs (risky decision‐making) has found this link to be stronger for reactive than for proactive aggression (Kuin et al., ). While affective/impulsive murderers have strong IQ and neurocognitive impairments (including EF), predatory/instrumental murderers do not (Hanlon, Brook, Stratton, Jensen, & Rubin, ).…”

Section: Neurocognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A neurodevelopmental perspective on male violence

Raine

2018

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Research is increasingly documenting a neurobiological basis to violence. This review takes a neurodevelopmental perspective on the very small group of males who grow up to become persistent violent offenders. After outlining six criteria for what constitutes a neurodevelopmental disorder, the extent to which chronic violence meets these definitional criteria is examined, covering the fields of genetics, structural and functional brain imaging, and neuropsychology. Early health risk factors for violence are then outlined, including birth complications, minor physical anomalies, prenatal smoking and alcohol exposure, poor nutrition, lead exposure, and traumatic brain injury. Persistent adult violence is argued to originate in aberrant temperamental behavior in early childhood, to have a stable developmental trajectory, and to be associated with impaired education, social, and occupational functioning. Taken together, it is argued that chronic adult violence meets criterion for being conceptualized as having neurodevelopmental origins and that an important, but not sole, source of neural maldevelopment lies in prenatal and early postnatal risk factors. This review concludes with a recognition of the sociopolitical context within which a neurodevelopmental perspective on chronic violence sits, together with directions for future research, including whether a neurodevelopmental hypothesis is best applied to reactive as opposed to proactive aggression.

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Section: Neurocognitionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Neurocognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A neurodevelopmental perspective on male violence

Raine

2018

Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…Furthermore, measuring (impulsive) antisocial behaviour instead of psychopathic personality could lead to a broader insight in other factors that are related to poor decision making in forensic populations. In fact, it has been found that behavioural measures of antisocial behaviour (such as aggression and criminal behaviour) show stronger relations to neuropsychological executive tasks than measures of antisocial personality [47] and there are also findings that risky decision making is related to aggression [48].…”

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Investigating the Relationship between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Decision Making Deficits in a Prison Population

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2016

J Foren Psy

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Since psychopathy poses major problems to society, it is of importance to gain more insight in this construct, which might be established by increasing knowledge of its neurocognitive underpinnings. Psychopathy may be related to failure to incorporate and learn from subtle or ambiguous feedback, which may lead to diminished awareness of potentially harmful consequences of choices. In result, this could induce increased risk-taking and decreased capability to adapt such behaviour. The aim of the present study was to investigate if a relation exists between psychopathic personality traits and risky decision making tendencies, and how this relation can be differentiated along specific symptoms of the psychopathic spectrum. Male prisoners (N = 119) completed a neuropsychological assessment of decision making tasks (the Iowa Gambling Task [IGT] and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task [WCST]) as well as a self-report measure for dimensional psychopathic personality traits (Psychopathic Personality Inventory -Revised [PPI-R]). In line with some of the previous literature, no significant correlations were found between measures of psychopathy on the one hand, and measures of decision making on the other hand. Other variables, such as age (with a negative correlation) and presence of a history of drug abuse did contribute significantly in the prediction of the total amount of psychopathic personality traits. Implications for interpretation of previous studies and strengths and limitations of the present study are discussed. The literature on the topic of decision making and psychopathy is now building up, but leaves inconsistent and certainly no convincing consensus. Future studies on psychopathy and neurocognition may need to shift away from traditional decision making tasks and instead focus more on experimental, 'pure' neurocognitive measures to better identify how specific cognitive pitfalls in psychopathy influence behaviour and ability to learn.

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“…Additionally, co-morbid externalizing disorders (e.g., ODD and CD) moderated the association between ADHD diagnosis and risk-taking, in that those with comorbid externalizing disorders engaged in more risk-taking than those without a comorbid externalizing disorder (Dekkers, Popma, van Rentergem, Bexkens, & Huizenga, 2016). Similarly to ADHD, there is a positive association between high levels of aggression and more risk-taking during decision-making tasks across different populations (Kuin, Masthoff, Kramer, & Scherder, 2015).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Adolescents with externalizing disorders are more likely to engage in illicit drug use including cannabis use (Bidwell, et al, 2014;Molina, et al, 2002;. Externalizing disorders and cannabis use have been associated with poorer executive functioning, including decision-making (Clark, et al, 2009;Crane, et al, 2015;Dekkers, et al, 2016;Kuin, et al, 2015;Lamers, et al, 2006;Whitlow et al, 2004). Although externalizing disorders, cannabis use and decision-making abilities have been shown to be associated with RSB (Flory, et al, 2006;Sarver, et al, 2014;Schuster, et al, 2012), it is currently unknown how externalizing symptoms, cannabis use and decision-making abilities interact to predict RSB in a sample of adolescents.…”

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Risky Sexual Behavior and the Role of Decision-making

Ross¹

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DEDICATION I dedicate this dissertation thesis to my family and fiancé. My parents have supported me throughout my education and have always encouraged me to pursue a career that makes me happy. They always reminded me of a famous quote attributed to Confucius, choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank the members of my committee for their time and guidance in my dissertation thesis. I would like to especially thank Raul Gonzalez for adopting me as a student in my third year of training. Without Raul's guidance and support throughout the last several years, I do not think that I would not be graduating on-time. Raul's passion for research and commitment to training graduate students has had a positive impact on me. He has introduced me to a new and fascinating area of research that I am enthusiastic to further pursue in future research.

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The role of risky decision-making in aggression: A systematic review

Cited by 53 publications

References 88 publications

A neurodevelopmental perspective on male violence

A neurodevelopmental perspective on male violence

Investigating the Relationship between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Decision Making Deficits in a Prison Population

Risky Sexual Behavior and the Role of Decision-making

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