아동의 ADHD 성향과 의사결정 능력이 부상 행동에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) traits and injury behaviors and the mediating effect of implicit and explicit decision-making abilities between ADHD traits and injury behaviors. A total of 56 elementary school students (27 boys, 29 girls) completed two decision-making tasks including Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and Game of Dice Task (GDT). Their parents carried out an assessment battery consisting of the measures of ADHD traits and injury behaviors, such as actual injury experience and injury behavior tendency. The results indicated that there was a positive relationship between ADHD traits of the children and their injury behaviors and a negative relationship between ADHD traits and implicit and explicit decision-making abilities. A Bootstrap approach was used to test the mediation effect of implicit and explicit decision-making abilities. Results indicated that, for the actual injury experience, there were no the mediating effects of the two decision-making abilities, just the influence of ADHD traits’. In addition, for the injury behavior tendency, only the implicit decision-making ability mediates the influence of ADHD traits on injury behavior tendency. Thus, the significant and clinical implications of the current study have been discussed on the basis of the overall findings, followed b suggestions for further research.