ABSTRACT
Although the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) has been widely used in evaluation of decision making, there is a large variability in the results on the task. The aim of this study is to perform an integrative review relating personality with IGT performance, in order to clarify the role of personality in this variability. For this purpose 74 studies referenced in Web of Science and the b-on in June 2016 were analyzed.The results show some inconsistency anda nonlinear association with some variables, although poor performance on IGT is more often associated with neuroticism, anxiety, impulsivity, socioeconomic variables and with the anti-sociability factor in psychopathy and substance abuse. In light of these results, orientations for future research are suggested.
Keywords:
decision making; risk taking; personality; impulsiveness; antisocial personality