Delay discounting as a mediator of the relationship between perceived stress and cigarette smoking status in adolescents
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There has been a wealth of research providing evidence for the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking during adolescence. Despite this knowledge, little is known about possible behavioral mechanisms by which stress exerts its influence on the decision to smoke. This study sought to examine one such behavioral characteristic, delay discounting, that may mediate the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking. Delay discounting generally refers to the discounting of value for outcomes because they are delayed; and high rates of delay discounting have been linked to impulsive behavior. For the current research, adolescent smokers (n = 50) and nonsmokers (n = 50) were compared using a self-report measure of perceived stress and a laboratory assessment of delay discounting. Smokers tended to report higher levels of stress and to discount more by delay, and there was a significant association between reported stress and delay discounting. In addition, delay discounting mediated the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking status. These results suggest that discounting by delay may be a behavior through which stress exerts influence on an adolescent's decision to smoke.
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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
- Fields, S., Leraas, K., Collins, C., & Reynolds, B.
- Affiliations
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reynolds, Brady
- Venue
- Behavioural Pharmacology
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5-6
- Pages
- 455-460
- ISSN
- 0955-8810 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3209706
- OpenAlex
- W1972480130
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 3.09
- Type
- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behavioural Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA020423)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- delay discounting, perceived stress, cigarette smoking, adolescents, mediation, impulsivity, smoking initiation, decision-making
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Choice Behavior, Extinction, Psychological, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Smoking, Stress, Psychological, Time Factors, Logistic Models, Area Under Curve
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