ReviewFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2021
Delay Discounting in Established and Proposed Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Assessment of Unpredictability and Disordered Eating.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
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- Motivation Profiles Towards Academic Reading, Substance-Related and Problematic Behaviors in Future Teachers.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Delay-probability asymmetry in discounting: An anomaly in multiattribute choice.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2026Article
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- The relationship between executive functions, decision-making, and changes in symptoms of gambling disorder in online sports bettors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Genome-wide association study of delay discounting identifies 11 loci and reveals transdiagnostic associations across mental and physical health.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Comparative Study of Delay Discounting Rates in Alcohol and Opioid Dependence in Northern India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Sweet-taste liking is associated with preference for less risky and immediate rewards in economic decision-making.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Temporal distortion may mediate the association between problematic mobile gaming and delay discounting: An experimental study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of environmental disadvantage on youth delayed reward discounting.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Medical, subjective and objective forms of exercise dependence and the role of learning, cognitive and emotional biases.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- The seven deadly sins: measuring overvaluation of social media with the Plan-net 25 scale.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The functional connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex underlying the association between self-control and delay discounting.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- The Effects of Social Feedback Through the "Like" Feature on Brain Activity: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Steep delay discounting, or a greater preference for smaller-immediate rewards over larger-delayed rewards, is a common phenomenon across a range of substance use and psychiatric disorders. Non-substance behavioral addictions (e.g., gambling disorder, internet gaming disorder, food addiction) are of increasing interest in delay discounting research. Individual studies have reported steeper discounting in people exhibiting various behavioral addictions compared to controls or significant correlations between discounting and behavioral addiction scales; however, not all studies have found significant effects. To synthesize the published research in this area and identify priorities for future research, we conducted a pre-registered systematic review and meta-analysis (following PRISMA guidelines) of delay discounting studies across a range of behavioral addiction categories. The final sample included 78 studies, yielding 87 effect sizes for the meta-analysis. For studies with categorical designs, we found statistically significant, medium-to-large effect sizes for gambling disorder (Cohen's
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