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Decision-Making Deficits Linked to Real-life Social Dysfunction in Crack Cocaine-Dependent Individuals

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Crack cocaine-dependent individuals (CCDI) present abnormalities in both social adjustment and decision making, but few studies have examined this association. This study investigated cognitive and social performance of 30 subjects (CCDI × controls); CCDI were abstinent for 2 weeks. We used the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), and Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Disadvantageous choices on the IGT were associated with higher levels of social dysfunction in CCDI, suggesting the ecological validity of the IGT. Social dysfunction and decision making may be linked to the same underlying prefrontal dysfunction, but the nature of this association should be further investigated.

Source: American Journal on Addictions

DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00097.x

Authors: Paulo Jannuzzi Cunha, Antoine Bechara, Arthur Guerra de Andrade, Sergio Nicastri

Institutions: Universidade de São Paulo, University of Southern California, University of Iowa

Language: English

Topic: Historical and Modern Theater Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, National Institute on Drug Abuse