@article{ref1,
title="The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2022",
author="Peng, Jiaxi and Zhang, Jiaxi and Yuan, Weizhuo and Zhou, Xuan and Tian, Jianquan and Fang, Peng",
volume="13",
number="",
pages="e937876-e937876",
abstract="A criminal act can be regarded as an irrational decision-making process. Therefore, understanding differences in the criminal decision-making process would shed light on criminal behavior. We utilized dual processing theory to propose that offenders' differences in decision-making may cause them to adopt non-adaptive behaviors, such as high reference point setting, abnormal reward-punishment sensitivity, delayed discounting rate, and decision-making style. Our study compares differences in these indicators between offenders (n = 518) and non-offenders (n = 636) in a diverse sample of Chinese adults. The results showed that compared with non-offenders, offenders had higher relative deprivation, reward sensitivity, and delayed discounting rates but lower punishment sensitivity and vigilance in decision-making. A logistic regression analysis also shows that the above factors were significant predictive indicators for the commission of crimes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876"
}