Peng Jiaxi, Zhang Jiaxi, Yuan Weizhuo, Zhou Xuan, Tian Jianquan, Fang Peng
Mental Health Education Center, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Xi'an Research Institute of High-Technology, Xi'an, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Oct 10;13:937876. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876. eCollection 2022.
A criminal act can be regarded as an irrational decision-making process. Therefore, understanding differences in the criminal decision-making process would shed light on criminal behavior. We utilized dual processing theory to propose that offenders' differences in decision-making may cause them to adopt non-adaptive behaviors, such as high reference point setting, abnormal reward-punishment sensitivity, delayed discounting rate, and decision-making style. Our study compares differences in these indicators between offenders ( = 518) and non-offenders ( = 636) in a diverse sample of Chinese adults. The results showed that compared with non-offenders, offenders had higher relative deprivation, reward sensitivity, and delayed discounting rates but lower punishment sensitivity and vigilance in decision-making. A logistic regression analysis also shows that the above factors were significant predictive indicators for the commission of crimes.
犯罪行为可被视为一个非理性的决策过程。因此，了解犯罪决策过程中的差异将有助于揭示犯罪行为。我们运用双加工理论提出，罪犯在决策方面的差异可能导致他们采取非适应性行为，如设定较高的参照点、异常的奖惩敏感度、延迟折扣率和决策风格。我们的研究比较了中国成年人多样化样本中罪犯（n = 518）和非罪犯（n = 636）在这些指标上的差异。结果表明，与非罪犯相比，罪犯具有更高的相对剥夺感、奖励敏感度和延迟折扣率，但在决策中的惩罚敏感度和警觉性较低。逻辑回归分析还表明，上述因素是犯罪行为的重要预测指标。
