論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年

Exaggerated envy and guilt measured by economic games in Japanese women with anorexia nervosa.

BioPsychoSocial medicine
  • Masanori Isobe
  • ,
  • Michiko Kawabata
  • ,
  • Ema Murao
  • ,
  • Tomomi Noda
  • ,
  • Noriko Matsukawa
  • ,
  • Ryosaku Kawada
  • ,
  • Teruhisa Uwatoko
  • ,
  • Toshiya Murai
  • ,
  • Shun'ichi Noma
  • ,
  • Hidehiko Takahashi

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開始ページ
19
終了ページ
19
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1186/s13030-018-0138-8

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) patients are assumed to express high levels of guilt and envy. Ultimatum game (UG) is a standard behavioral task that focuses on interpersonal behavior when splitting a sum of money between two players. UG studies consistently demonstrate that people tend to decrease their inequity in outcomes, one explanation being that economically irrational decision-making may partly arise from the emotions guilt and envy. We assumed that AN patients would perform excessively fair in UG, reflecting high guilt and envy. Methods: We utilized UG to investigate the characteristics of guilt and envy among 24 Japanese AN patients and 22 age-matched healthy controls (HC). The relation between the outcome of UG and decision strategy confirmed by post-experimental questionnaires was analyzed. Results: As proposer, AN offered a larger amount to the responder compared with HC (p = 0.002) while, on the other hand, as responder, AN demanded much higher allocation to accept the offer compared with HC (p = 0.026). Regarding the strategy as responder, AN put more emphasis on fairness and less emphasis on monetary reward compared with HC (p = 0.046, p = 0.042, respectively). Conclusions: The results indicate that Japanese AN patients demonstrate strong preference for fairness, with high guilt and high envy. High sensitivity to guilt and envy of AN patients can affect not only their own behavior concerning eating attitude and body shape, but also decision-making in interpersonal situations. Behavioral experimental settings among social situations will enable us to evaluate and help actual decision-making in the real life of patients.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-018-0138-8
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534196
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282331
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1186/s13030-018-0138-8
  • PubMed ID : 30534196
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6282331

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