Citation

Loya JM, McCauley KL, Chronis-Tuscano A, Chen SZ, Gad A, Macpherson L, Lejuez CW. Behav. Processes 2019; 158: 155-162.

Affiliation

Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, 2103 Cole Student Activities Building, College Park, MD 20742, United States; Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment, University of Kansas, Strong Hall, Room 250, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.013

PMID

30366109

Abstract

The present study examined the impact of frustration on risk-taking in college students with low and high ADHD symptomatology (L-ADHD and H-ADHD). Participants completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) following induced frustration from a mood manipulation task (experimental session) and following no mood manipulation (control session). A manipulation check revealed a significant three-way interaction where the H-ADHD group reported higher frustration levels compared to the L-ADHD group, particularly in response to the frustration induction in the experimental condition. Primary results revealed that the L-ADHD group exploded significantly fewer balloons in the experimental condition compared to the control condition; there was a nonsignificant difference of balloon explosions across conditions for the H-ADHD group. The study provides initial laboratory-based support for the impact of frustration on the risk behavior of those with low and high levels of ADHD, with potential implications for future studies and ultimately for intervention.

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Language: en

Keywords

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms; Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART); college students; frustration; risk-taking behavior