Objective:

ADHD is linked to increased engagement in risky behavior (ERB). Recent work suggests that this link is mediated by the perceived benefits of the behaviors, but not by the perceived risks or the attitudes toward the risks. Here we examine this hypothesis, using the psychological risk-return and psychometric multidimensional measurement models.

Method:

Adults with or without ADHD completed questionnaires measuring the likelihood of different risky behaviors and the perceived risks and benefits ascribed to these behaviors. Participants’ ratings of 25 characteristics of various risky behaviors allowed us to derive two factors corresponding to perceived risk and perceived benefit of ERBs. Overall attitudes toward the perceived risks and benefits were extracted.

Results:

Perceived benefit mediated the link between ADHD and ERB, in both models. Attitudes toward the perceived risks mediated that link in the psychometric model only.

Conclusion:

Perceived benefit plays an important role in the link between ADHD and ERB.

中文翻译：

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是什么驱动了多动症的危险行为：对其风险不敏感或对其潜在好处的迷恋？

客观的：

ADHD 与增加参与危险行为 (ERB) 相关。最近的研究表明，这种联系是由行为的感知利益来调节的，而不是由感知风险或对风险的态度来调节。在这里，我们使用心理风险回报和心理测量多维测量模型来检验这个假设。

方法：

患有或不患有多动症的成年人完成了问卷调查，测量不同危险行为的可能性以及归因于这些行为的感知风险和益处。参与者对各种危险行为的 25 个特征的评分使我们能够推导出与 ERB 的感知风险和感知收益相对应的两个因素。提取了对感知风险和收益的总体态度。

结果：

在这两种模型中，感知利益调节了 ADHD 和 ERB 之间的联系。对感知风险的态度仅在心理测量模型中起到中介作用。

结论：

感知利益在 ADHD 和 ERB 之间的联系中起着重要作用。