RT Journal Article
T1 The effect of task difficulty on decision-making: Differences between obsessive-compulsive disorder and non-affective psychosis
A1 Serrano-Guerrero, Estrella
A1 Francisco Rodriguez-Testal, Juan
A1 Martin-Rodriguez, Agustin
A1 Ruiz-Veguilla, Miguel
K1 Decision-making
K1 jumping to conclusions
K1 non-affective psychosis
K1 obsessive-compulsive disorder
K1 task difficulty
K1 Community assessment
K1 Beads task
K1 Conclusions
K1 Validation
K1 Delusions
K1 Model
K1 Bias
K1 Schizophrenia
K1 Metaanalysis
K1 Individuals
AB The aim was to determine whether there are differences between groups in jumping to conclusions and the number of beads required to make a decision based on task difficulty. An assessment was made of 19 patients with non-affective psychosis, 19 with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and 19 healthy controls. The Beads Task scale was used in its two versions. Patients with non-affective psychosis jumped to conclusions. There was significant interaction between group and task difficulty. Increased difficulty of the task did not affect the number of beads patients with non-affective psychosis or OCD needed to make their decision. However, healthy controls needed to see more beads before they could make a decision in the hard test than in the easy one. Patients with non-affective psychosis jump to conclusions, but neither this group nor the OCD patients benefit from the changes in task difficulty when making their decisions.
PB Sage publications ltd
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19105
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19105
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025