Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2009
Delayed reward discounting predicts treatment response for heavy drinkers receiving smoking cessation treatment.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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145 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Delay discounting and substance use treatment outcomes: A systematic review focused on treatment outcomes and discounting methodology.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Pooled it
- Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Cannabidiol as a Novel Candidate Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy: A Systematic Review.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Pooled it
- Experimental reductions of delay discounting and impulsive choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2018Pooled it
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- Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis of continuous associations.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Delayed reward discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis.Psychopharmacology · 2011Pooled it
- Examining the effects of varenicline and naltrexone on delay discounting among individuals with alcohol use disorder.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Trial
- Working Memory Training Reduces Cigarette Smoking Among Low-Income Individuals With Elevated Delay Discounting.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Internal Validity of Two Promising Methods of Altering Temporal Orientation among Cigarette Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Improvement of Working Memory is a Mechanism for Reductions in Delay Discounting Among Mid-Age Individuals in an Urban Medically Underserved Area.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019Trial
- A randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of a brief alcohol intervention supplemented with a substance-free activity session or relaxation training.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- Preventing relapse to smoking with transcranial magnetic stimulation: Feasibility and potential efficacy.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- Does impulsiveness moderate response to financial incentives for smoking cessation among pregnant and newly postpartum women?Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2015Trial
- Using behavioral economics to predict opioid use during prescription opioid dependence treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Trial
- Delay discounting in adults receiving treatment for marijuana dependence.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2013Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a behavioral economic supplement to brief motivational interventions for college drinking.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2012Trial
- Trajectories of adolescent alcohol use after brief treatment in an Emergency Department.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2012Trial
- N-acetylcysteine normalizes glutamate levels in cocaine-dependent patients: a randomized crossover magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2012Trial
85 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Delayed reward discounting (DRD) is a behavioral economic index of impulsivity that reflects the extent to which an individual devalues a reward based on its delay in time (i.e., preference for smaller immediate rewards relative to larger delayed rewards). Current smokers exhibit greater DRD compared to non-smokers, but also exhibit greater DRD compared to ex-smokers, suggesting that either DRD is inversely associated with successful smoking cessation or that smoking cessation itself reduces DRD. In a sample of treatment-seeking smokers (n=57, 61% male, 85% Caucasian) participating in a randomized controlled smoking cessation trial, the current study prospectively examined DRD for money in general and at three magnitudes in relation to time to the participants' first lapse to smoking. Survival analysis using Cox proportional-hazards regression revealed that DRD predicted days to first lapse (ps<.05-.01) and did so beyond nicotine dependence, sensation-seeking, and income in covariate analyses, with the exception of small magnitude discounting. In addition, dichotomous comparisons revealed significantly more impulsive baseline discounting for individuals who had lapsed by the two-week and eight-week follow-up visits. These findings indicate that high levels of DRD reflect a risk factor for poor smoking cessation treatment response. Interrelationships among the variables assessed and clinical strategies to improve outcomes for smokers who are high in DRD are discussed.
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