Predicting Performance on the Columbia Card Task: Effects of Personality Characteristics, Mood, and Executive Functions

Behavioral measures of risky decision making are frequently used by researchers and clinicians; however, most of these measures are strongly associated with personality characteristics and state mood. The present study sought to examine personality, mood, and executive function predictors of perform...

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Published in:Assessment (Odessa, Fla.) Fla.), 2015-04, Vol.22 (2), p.178-187
Main Author: Buelow, Melissa T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Affect
Decision Making
Executive Function
Female
Humans
Impulsive Behavior
Male
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Personality
Personality Tests
Psychological Tests
Regression Analysis
Students
Universities
Young Adult
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Summary:Behavioral measures of risky decision making are frequently used by researchers and clinicians; however, most of these measures are strongly associated with personality characteristics and state mood. The present study sought to examine personality, mood, and executive function predictors of performance on a newer measure of decision making, the Columbia Card Task (CCT). Participants were 489 undergraduate students who completed either the hot or cold version of the CCT as well as measures of state mood, impulsive sensation seeking, behavioral inhibition and activation systems, and executive functions (Wisconsin Card Sort Task; Digit Span). Results indicated that performance on the CCT-cold was predicted by Wisconsin Card Sort Task errors, and Digit Span predicted the CCT-hot. In addition, significant correlations were found between the CCT information use variables and the predictor variables. Implications for the utility of the CCT as a clinical instrument and its relationship with other measures of decision making are discussed.
ISSN:1073-1911
1552-3489
DOI:10.1177/1073191114539383