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Investigating the familial basis of heightened risk-taking in adolescents with conduct disorder and their unaffected relatives

Sully, Kate, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S., Savage, Justin C. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-3475 and Fairchild, Graeme 2016. Investigating the familial basis of heightened risk-taking in adolescents with conduct disorder and their unaffected relatives. Developmental Neuropsychology 41 (1-2) , pp. 93-106. 10.1080/87565641.2016.1145223

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated increased risk-taking in adolescents with Conduct Disorder (CD) compared with typically developing controls. Increased risk-taking may partly mediate the pathway from genetic or environmental risk to CD. We investigated the familial basis of risk-taking by examining whether the unaffected relatives of CD probands (n = 22) showed heightened risk-taking in a gambling task, in common with affected probands (n = 44). Adolescents with CD were more likely to select risky options than the typically developing controls (n = 37) and unaffected relatives. Our findings confirm the association between CD and increased risk-taking, but suggest that this decision-making style may not have a familial basis.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISSN: 8756-5641
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2022 10:17
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/90935

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