ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2020
Changes in delay discounting, substance use, and weight status across adolescence.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of test-retest reliability and stability of delay and probability discounting.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating the validity of game-based assessments measuring cognitive function among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Progress in brain research · 2023Pooled it
- Deprivation Has Inconsistent Effects on Delay Discounting: A Review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Less systematic decision-making during delay discounting, but not discounting rate, is robustly linked to psychopathology.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Identifying significant environmental predictors of change in delay discounting among adolescents in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Household Adversity, Day to Day Experiences, and Birth/Pregnancy Complications are Associated with Delay Discounting: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Comparing behavioral economic and internalizing symptom predictors of drinking trajectories over 3 years during emerging adulthood.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Future orientation predicts physical activity adoption through conscious and non-conscious mechanisms among healthcare professionals.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of environmental disadvantage on youth delayed reward discounting.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Impulsive Decision Reduction Training for Youth (IDRT-Y) to Promote Adaptive Decision-Making: Results from a Pilot Trial.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Delay discounting data in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Modeling and analysis considerations.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Higher alcohol use is associated with subsequent increased risk seeking toward gains: A longitudinal cohort study in young men.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Genetic Propensity for Delay Discounting and Educational Attainment in Adults Are Associated With Delay Discounting in Preadolescents: Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2025Article
- Fractionating impulsivity and reward-related phenotypes in adolescent mice.Behavioural brain research · 2025Article
- Life after life: Recidivism among individuals formerly sentenced to mandatory juvenile life without parole.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
- Reward deprivation is associated with elevated alcohol demand in emerging adults.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2025Article
- Framing as a mechanism to overcome the temptation of bad habits.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Longitudinal Associations Among Socioeconomic Status, Delay Discounting, and Substance Use in Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Pathways From Maltreatment to Substance Use Through Delay Discounting During Adolescence and Into Young Adulthood.JAACAP open · 2024Article
- Environmental Support Moderates the association of Socioeconomic Distress and Delay Discounting across Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveHigher rates of delay discounting have been consistently linked to maladaptive health behaviors, including substance use and overeating, among adults. Despite adolescence representing a critical period for the escalation of these risky health behaviors, little is known about the developmental course of delay discounting or how this construct relates to important health outcomes in youth. The current study examined change in delay discounting over time using a latent growth curve approach and the relation between growth in this construct and changes in substance use and body-mass index over a 6-year period.
methodParticipants included 247 adolescents (44% female) with a mean age of 13 at the initial assessment.
resultsFindings suggest that, on average, rates of delay discounting are stable across adolescence; however, there are significant individual differences around this trajectory. Moreover, youth who demonstrate significant increases in delay discounting over time are also more likely to experience more rapid escalations of both substance use and Body Mass Index across adolescence.
conclusionsResults indicate that delay discounting is an important trans-disease process among adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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