Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Reward sensitivity (RS) has been implicated in a range of suboptimal psychological outcomes, including ADHD, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and callous-unemotional personality traits. Less known, however, is the relation between these constructs and RS in the non-clinical population. The current study investigated the utility of these traits in predicting RS in an undergraduate sample ( N = 225). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses suggested that impulsive ADHD symptoms and relational aggression predicted RS, as measured by two distinct questionnaires ( R 2 adj. = .15 for SPSRQ Sensitivity to Reward [Torrubia, Ávila, Moltó, & Caseras, 2001]; R 2 adj. = .07 for BIS/BAS Scales' BAS total score [Carver & White, 1994]). Overall measures of callous-unemotional traits were not significantly related to RS ( ps = .54 - .95), although subscale-level associations suggested a small, inverse relation between these constructs. These findings highlight the role of RS across the spectrum of impulse control abilities.
Author: Brianne Brooker
Institution: University of Windsor
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Windsor
OpenAlex ID: W105792129