@article{ref1,
title="Decision-making and risk in bipolar disorder: a quantitative study using fuzzy trace theory",
journal="Psychology and psychotherapy",
year="2019",
author="Sicilia, Anna Chiara and Lukacs, Julia Nora and Jones, Steven and Perez Algorta, Guillermo",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study characterizes risk-taking behaviours in a group of people with a self-reported diagnosis of BD using fuzzy trace theory (FTT). FTT hypothesizes that risk-taking is a 'reasoned' (but sometimes faulty) action, rather than an impulsive act associated with mood fluctuations. <br><br>DESIGN: We tested whether measures of FTT (verbatim and gist-based thinking) were predictive of risk-taking intentions in BD, after controlling for mood and impulsivity. We hypothesized that FTT scales would be significant predictors of risk-taking intentions even after accounting for mood and impulsivity. <br><br>METHODS: Fifty-eight participants with BD (age range 21-78, 68% female) completed a series of online questionnaires assessing risk intentions, mood, impulsivity, and FTT. <br><br>RESULTS: Fuzzy trace theory scales significantly predicted risk-taking intentions (medium effect sizes), after controlling for mood and impulsivity consistent with FTT (part range.26 to.49). Participants with BD did not show any statistically significant tendency towards verbatim-based thinking. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Fuzzy trace theory gist and verbatim representations were both independent predictors of risk-taking intentions, even after controlling for mood and impulsivity. The results offer an innovative conceptualization of the mechanisms behind risk-taking in BD. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Risk-taking behaviour in bipolar disorder is not just a consequence of impulsivity. Measures of fuzzy trace theory help to understand risk-taking in bipolar disorder. FTT measures predict risk-taking intentions, after controlling for mood and impulsivity.<br><br>© 2019 The British Psychological Society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1476-0835",
doi="10.1111/papt.12215",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papt.12215"
}