The Association Between Personality Traits and Decision Making in Young Male Adults With Depression
10.22802/jksbtp.2023.29.1.9
- Author:
Dah Hyun KIM
1
;
Yang Tae KIM
;
Sung Won JUNG
;
Ho Jun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Articles
- From:
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2023;29(1):9-19
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objectives:This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between personality and decision making in the group of young male depression patients.
Methods:Eighty-four male depression patients were subjected to the following test: Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and Beck’s Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Korean Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (K-WAIS-IV), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Temperament Character Inventory-Revised Short version (TCI-RS), Delay Discounting Task (DDT), Game of Dice Task (GDT). Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to determine the association between DDT and GDT performance results and self-report examination. Multiple linear regression models were conducted to figure out the causal relationship between risky choice of GDT and the variables suspected of having a linear relationship. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 21.
Results:PAI mania, borderline features, dominance and novelty seeking of TCI-RS were positively correlated with the number of risky choices of GDT. Full Scale Intelligence Quotient, BDI-II, BAI score had no significant correlation with DDT and GDT. There was also no correlation between DDT and GDT.
Conclusions:The results suggest that risk taking decision is related to personality traits such as novelty seeking, while inter-temporal choice is not related to personality aspects. It could be inferred that two different decision-making processes take place independently at different brain regions.
