ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2019
Taking the Biggest First: Age Differences in Preferences for Monetary and Hedonic Sequences.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Temporal discounting across adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychology and aging · 2022Pooled it
- A lifespan perspective on stress and happiness: a qualitative metaphor analysis of young and older adults.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The improving sequence effect on monetary sequences.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Age Effects in Sequence-Construction for a Continuous Cognitive Task: Similar Sequence-Trends but Fewer Switch-Points.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020Article
- Age Differences in Intertemporal Choice: The Role of Task Type, Outcome Characteristics, and Covariates.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020Article
- The Hedonics of Debt.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesPeople face decisions about how to sequence payments and events, including when to schedule bigger events relative to smaller ones. We examine age differences in these sequence preferences.
methodsWe gave a national adult life-span sample (n = 1,296, mean = 53.06 years, standard deviation = 16.33) four scenarios describing a positive or negative hedonic (enjoyable weekends, painful dental procedures) or monetary (receiving versus paying money) event. We considered associations among age, sequence preferences, three self-reported decision-making processes-emphasizing experience, emotion, and reasoning-and two dimensions of future time perspective-focusing on future opportunities and limited time.
resultsOlder age was associated with taking the "biggest" event sooner instead of later, especially for receiving money, but also for the other three scenarios. Older age was associated with greater reported use of reason and experience and lesser reported use of emotion. These decision-making processes played a role in understanding age differences in sequence preferences, but future time perspective did not. DISCUSSION: We discuss "taking the biggest first" preferences in light of prior mixed findings on age differences in sequence preferences. We highlight the distinct roles of experience- and emotion-based decision-making processes. We propose applications to financial and health-care settings.
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