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  • Behavioral Economics
  • Mental Health Research

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  • Catastrophizing involves overestimating the likelihood of severe negative outcomes.
  • It is associated with various mental health conditions.
  • This study investigates the relationship between catastrophizing and risk-taking behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between self-reported catastrophizing and behavioral risk-taking.
  • To explore this relationship using an online behavioral task and computational modeling.
  • To determine if computational parameters correlate with catastrophizing scores.

Main Methods:

  • Two online studies were conducted, including a pilot (n=69) and a main study (n=263).
  • Participants completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) with varying costs for balloon bursts.
  • Mental health questionnaires and computational modeling were utilized.

Main Results:

  • A significant negative association was found between self-reported catastrophizing and risk-taking in the low-cost BART condition.
  • No significant relationship was observed in the high-cost BART condition.
  • Computational modeling showed no correlation between task parameters and catastrophizing scores.

Conclusions:

  • Increased self-reported catastrophizing may correlate with reduced behavioral risk-taking.
  • A computational correlate for this association was not identified in this study.
  • Further research may be needed to understand the mechanisms underlying this relationship.