Comparison of Decision-Making Processes Between Subjects with a Positive and Negative History of Substance Use
| Author | Reza Rastgoo Sisakht | en |
| Author | Rahimeh Negarandeh | en |
| Author | Hamid Valizadegan | en |
| Author | Shabnam Mousavi | en |
| Author | Maryam Noroozian | en |
| Author | Mehdi Tehrani-Doost | en |
| Author | Emran Razaghi | en |
| Orcid | Mehdi Tehrani-Doost [0000-0002-5800-2338] | en |
| Orcid | Emran Razaghi [0000-0001-9640-981X] | en |
| Issued Date | 2019-09-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Studies related to decision-making and choice preference in substance use behavior have less commonly focused on decision-making processes per se. Those processes include decision-making time, task-based complexity, and decision-making strategies. Objectives: The objectives of this study was the production of a culturally modified version of the Mouselab tool for measurement of decision-making processes and to measure differences between decision-making processes in subjects with a positive and negative history of substance use. Methods: Applying a snowball method for sampling, two groups, of individuals with a positive and negative history of substance use were recruited. The case and control groups consisted of 17 males with the mean age of 35.94 (± 12) and 33.8 (± 8.83) years, respectively. The measurement tool was a modified version of Mouselab computer game. Results: Using repeated measurement analysis of variances ant t-test with non-paired groups for comparing the case and control groups, it was found that the group with a positive history of substance use had a longer time-lapse in the decision-making process (P = 0.029). The accuracy of choice, however, was not different between the groups (P = 0.172). Conclusions: Subjects with a positive history of substance use were different in two stages of decision-making process, which are dependent on the ecology and conditions of decision-making process, namely, search for information and decision-making. Two other stages of decision-making process that were dependent on individual cognitive and logical properties, i.e., stop search and choice, were not different in subjects with a positive history of substance use compared to the control group. Although subjects with a positive history of substance use consumed more resources for decision-making, their accuracy of choice was not different from the control group, thereby, ruling out a decision-making-related cognitive deficit. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs.92711 | en |
| Keyword | Decision-Making | en |
| Keyword | Choice | en |
| Keyword | Process Tracing | en |
| Keyword | Substance Use | en |
| Keyword | Decision-Making Software | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Comparison of Decision-Making Processes Between Subjects with a Positive and Negative History of Substance Use | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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