TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Peng, Jiaxi
A1  - Zhang, Jiaxi
A1  - Yuan, Weizhuo
A1  - Zhou, Xuan
A1  - Tian, Jianquan
A1  - Fang, Peng
SP  - e937876
EP  - e937876
VL  - 13
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876
ID  - ref1
ER  -