Reward and punishment sensitivity are associated with cross-disorder traits

Portengen, Christel M; Sprooten, Emma; Zwiers, Marcel P; Hoekstra, Pieter J; Dietrich, Andrea; Holz, Nathalie E; Aggensteiner, Pascal M; Banaschewski, Tobias; Schulze, Ulrike M E; Saam, Melanie C; Craig, Michael C; Sethi, Arjun; Santosh, Paramala; Ouriaghli, Ilyas Sagar; Castro-Fornieles, Josefina; Rosa, Mireia; Arango, Celso; Penzol, María José; Werhahn, Julia E; Brandeis, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113795

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Portengen, C. M., Sprooten, E., Zwiers, M. P., Hoekstra, P. J., Dietrich, A., Holz, N. E., Aggensteiner, P. M., Banaschewski, T., Schulze, U. M. E., Saam, M. C., Craig, M. C., Sethi, A., Santosh, P., Ouriaghli, I. S., Castro-Fornieles, J., Rosa, M., Arango, C., Penzol, M. J., Werhahn, J. E., … Naaijen, J. (2021). Reward and punishment sensitivity are associated with cross-disorder traits. Psychiatry Research, 298, 113795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113795

Abstract

Reversal learning deficits following reward and punishment processing are observed across disruptive behaviors (DB) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and have been associated with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. However, it remains unknown to what extent these altered reinforcement sensitivities are linked to the co-occurrence of oppositional traits, ADHD symptoms, and CU traits. Reward and punishment sensitivity and perseverative behavior were therefore derived from a probabilistic reversal learning task to invest