title: A critical look at the relationship between impulsivity and decision-making in adolescents: are they related or separate factors?
abstract: This study examined the relations between impulsivity and decision-making as assessed by the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). A total of 73 nonclinical adolescents were administered self-report measures for trait impulsivity and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) to assess cognitive impulsivity. We found significant correlations between trait impulsivity and WCST performance among adolescents exhibiting poor performance on the IGT, and no such correlations for those adolescents performing well on the IGT. We recommend that researchers should assess performance on the IGT at the individual level in terms of learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. rotemlm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rotem
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glicksohn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012309:Risk-Taking