Decision-Making in Suicidal Behavior: The Protective Role of Loss Aversion

Decision-Making in Suicidal Behavior: The Protective Role of Loss Aversion

BackgroundLoss aversion is a central and well operationalized trait behavior that describes the tendency for humans to strongly prefer avoiding losses to making equivalent gains. Human decision-making is thus biased toward safer choices.AimThe aim of this study was to explore the relationship betwee...

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Main Authors: Gergö Hadlaczky, Sebastian Hökby, Anahit Mkrtchian, Danuta Wasserman, Judit Balazs, Núria Machín, Marco Sarchiapone, Merike Sisask, Vladimir Carli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
loss aversion
decision-making
suicide
attempted
mental health
suicidal ideation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00116/full

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