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Long-term test–retest reliability of delayed reward discounting in adolescents

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Anokhin, Andrey P., Golosheykin, Simon, Mulligan, Richard C.·2015·Behavioural Processes

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Delay discounting (DD), a decline in subjective value of a reward with increasing temporal delay in receipt of that reward, is an established behavioral indicator of impulsivity. Preference for smaller-immediate over larger-delayed rewards has been implicated in the basic neurobehavioral mechanisms of risk for addictive disorders and related externalizing psychopathology. Establishing long-term stability of DD in adolescence is a necessary step towards its validation as an intermediate phenotype, or marker of risk, in neurobiological and genetic studies. Previous studies have demonstrated moderate to high test-retest reliability of DD, however, these studies utilized adult samples and examined relatively short retest intervals. Due to continuing development of brain and behavior, stability of temporal discounting behavior in adolescence may differ from that in adulthood. Here, two cohorts of adolescents aged 16 (n=126) and 18 (n=111) were administered a computerized test of DD and re-tested two years later. DD rate showed a modest but significant decrease with age, suggesting a reduction in overall impulsivity from middle to late adolescence. Significant test-retest correlations were observed in both cohorts (.67 and .76, respectively, p<.001) indicating longitudinal stability of individual differences in decision-making behavior during middle and late adolescence. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: insert SI title.

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Authors
Anokhin, A. P., Golosheykin, S., & Mulligan, R. C.
Affiliations
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Anokhin, Andrey P.
Venue
Behavioural Processes
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-02
Volume
111
Pages
55-59
ISSN
0376-6357 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2058832430
Cited by
65
References
31
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Behavioural Processes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
delay discounting, test-retest reliability, adolescents, impulsivity, subjective value, delayed rewards, endophenotypes, addiction risk, decision-making, longitudinal stability, age differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Aging, Conditioning, Operant, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Reward, Reproducibility of Results, Cohort Studies, Delay Discounting

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