Trial reportJournal of abnormal psychology2012
Discounting of probabilistic rewards is associated with gambling abstinence in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers.
Trial report in Journal of abnormal psychology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled 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
- Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis of continuous associations.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Risky behavior in gambling tasks in individuals with ADHD--a systematic literature review.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for pathological and problem gambling.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Reduced model-based decision-making in gambling disorder.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- The relationship between executive functions, decision-making, and changes in symptoms of gambling disorder in online sports bettors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The impact of pandemic threats on intertemporal choices in Chinese and Americans.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Impulsivity in Addictive Disorders: a Narrative Review.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Delay Discounting in Gambling Disorder: Implications in Treatment Outcome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Reward-Related Decision-Making in Current and Past Disordered Gambling: Implications for Impulsive Choice and Risk Preference in the Maintenance of Gambling Disorder.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
- Delay Discounting in Established and Proposed Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Review
- Evaluation of Risk Behavior in Gambling Addicted and Opioid Addicted Individuals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- Human and pigeon suboptimal choice.Learning & behavior · 2019Article
- Neuroimaging of reward mechanisms in Gambling disorder: an integrative review.Molecular psychiatry · 2019Review
- The role of 'jackpot' stimuli in maladaptive decision-making: dissociable effects of D1/D2 receptor agonists and antagonists.Psychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Gambling-like behavior in pigeons: 'jackpot' signals promote maladaptive risky choice.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Pramipexole enhances disadvantageous decision-making: Lack of relation to changes in phasic dopamine release.Neuropharmacology · 2017Article
- The Blurred Future of Adolescent Gamblers: Impulsivity, Time Horizon, and Emotional Distress.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Reward Preferences of Pathological Gamblers Under Conditions of Uncertainty: An Experimental Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2016Article
- Behavioral economic decision making and alcohol-related sexual risk behavior.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
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Abstract
Individuals with addictive disorders, including substance abusers and pathological gamblers, discount or devalue rewards delayed in time more than controls. Theoretically, preference for probabilistic rewards is directly related to gambling, but limited empirical research has examined probabilistic discounting in individuals with pathological gambling. This study evaluated probability and delay discounting in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers and their association with gambling treatment outcomes during and after treatment. At time of treatment entry, 226 pathological gamblers completed probability and delay discounting tasks. They were then randomized to one of three treatment conditions, and gambling behavior was measured throughout treatment and at a 1-year follow-up assessment. After controlling for possibly confounding variables and treatment condition, more shallow probability discounting was associated with greater reductions in amounts wagered during treatment and likelihood of gambling abstinence at the end of treatment and throughout the follow-up period. No associations were noted between delay discounting and gambling treatment outcomes. These data suggest that probability discounting may be an important construct in understanding pathological gambling and its treatment.
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