Do adolescents use choice to learn about their preferences? Development of value refinement and its associations with depressive symptoms in adolescence

Author:

Moses‐Payne M. E.1ORCID,Lee D. G.2,Roiser J. P.1

Affiliation:

1. UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience London UK

2. School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University College Dublin Dublin Ireland

Abstract

AbstractIndependent decision making requires forming stable estimates of one's preferences. We assessed whether adolescents learn about their preferences through choice deliberation and whether depressive symptoms disrupt this process. Adolescents aged 11–18 (N = 214; participated 2021–22; Female: 53.9%; White/Black/Asian/Mixed/Arab or Latin American: 26/21/19/9/8%) rated multiple activities, chose between pairs of activities and re‐rated those activities. As expected, overall, participants uprated chosen and downrated unchosen activities (dz = .20). This value refinement through choice was not evident in younger participants but emerged across adolescence. Contrary to our predictions, depressive symptoms were associated with greater value refinement. Despite this, more depressed adolescents reported lower value certainty and choice confidence. The cognitive processes through which choice deliberation shapes preference develop over adolescence, and are disrupted in depression.

Funder

Medical Research Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

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