Cigarette smokers discount past and future rewards symmetrically and more than controls: Is discounting a measure of impulsivity?
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A considerable body of evidence indicates that consideration of the future and past are related. Future discounting studies indicate that cigarette smokers discount future outcomes more than non-smokers. The purpose of the present study was to determine if a similar profile of results could be obtained with a novel procedure evaluating the discounting of past outcomes, providing further support for future/past symmetry. Thirty cigarette smokers and 29 non-smokers participated in a computerized assessment of discounting of hypothetical future and past outcomes. Symmetry was supported, with a similar profile of results in future and past discounting procedures. These included: hyperbolic discounting, greater discounting of small-magnitude outcomes than large-magnitude outcomes, and greater discounting by cigarette smokers relative to non-smokers.
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Smoking is linked with greater delay discounting in adolescents and adults.
“Extensive evidence links smoking with greater delay discounting in adolescents150,151 and adults.152–158”
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- Authors
- Bickel, W. K., Yi, R., Kowal, B. P., & Gatchalian, K. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bickel, Warren K.
- Venue
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-08
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 256-262
- ISSN
- 0376-8716 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2701143
- OpenAlex
- W2034302668
- Cited by
- 186
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 5.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA11692, R01DA011692)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- cigarette smoking, delay discounting, future outcomes, impulsivity, hyperbolic discounting, outcome magnitude, smokers versus non-smokers
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Male, Reward, Smoking, Control Groups
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