Decision-Making in People with Mild Intellectual Disability: Relations with Intelligence and a Measure of Executive Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Fusinska-Korpik, Agnieszka; Gacek, Michal
Titel	Decision-Making in People with Mild Intellectual Disability: Relations with Intelligence and a Measure of Executive Functioning
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 47 (2022) 1, S.87-95 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gacek, Michal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-8250
DOI	10.3109/13668250.2021.1945416
Schlagwörter	Mild Intellectual Disability; Intelligence; Executive Function; Decision Making; Vocational Education; Predictor Variables; Verbal Ability; Short Term Memory; Attention; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Ability; Young Adults; Special Schools; Correlation; Poland; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Prädiktor; Mündliche Leistung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Aufmerksamkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Special school; Sonderschule; Korrelation; Polen
Abstract	Background: In this study we aimed to explore how intelligence and executive functioning are related to decision-making regarding social situations in persons with mild ID. Method: We studied 80 vocational school students with mild ID; the controls were 80 students of a similar age. We assessed decision-making ability with the Important Life Decisions Task. Intelligence was assessed with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -- Revised (WAIS-R), and executive functioning with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Results: The WAIS-R Verbal Comprehension and the Memory/Freedom From Distractibility factors predicted the decision-making score. Executive functioning was not related to decision-making. There was no interaction between the group and other variables. Conclusions: Verbal intellectual abilities and abilities related to short-term memory and attention play an important role in decision-making regarding social situations. The difference in performance between persons with ID and the control group should be regarded as quantitative and not qualitative. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01