Risk-taking and inhibitory control in behaviourally inhibited and disinhibited preschool children

Morris, T. M., Hudson, J. L. and Dodd, H. F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1446-5338 (2014) Risk-taking and inhibitory control in behaviourally inhibited and disinhibited preschool children. Personality and Individual Differences, 71. pp. 113-117. ISSN 0191-8869 doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.037

Abstract/Summary

The temperament style Behavioural Inhibition (BI) has been implicated as a risk factor for the development of internalising disorders such as anxiety. Of interest is what factors influence the developmental trajectories of both inhibited and disinhibited children and the development of psychopathology. One such factor is risk-taking behaviour. Using the computer based Balloon Analogue Risk Task, we assessed risk taking behaviour in behaviourally inhibited (n = 27) and behaviourally disinhibited (n = 43) children. This is the first study to examine the relationship between BI, executive functioning and risk-taking. The results indicated Behavioural Inhibition was not related to risk-taking but that inhibitory control predicted reward focused results. These findings illustrate how inhibitory control affects risk-taking and risk avoidance in both inhibited and disinhibited children.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Anxiety and Depression in Young People (AnDY)
Publisher	Elsevier
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