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Reward: empirical contribution. Temporal discounting and conduct disorder in adolescents

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White, Stuart F., Clanton, Roberta, Brislin, Sarah J., Meffert, Harma, Hwang, Soonjo, Sinclair, Stephen, Blair, R. James R.·2014·Journal of Personality Disorders

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The current study examined temporal discounting (the decrease in subjective reward value as a function of increasing delay) in youths with conduct disorder (CD) and the extent to which this was modulated by level of psychopathic traits. In the temporal discounting task, participants were asked to choose between immediate rewards of varying values and a larger reward, held at a constant value ($10), whose receipt was delayed by different time intervals across trials (e.g., 7 days, 360 days). The level of immediate reward necessary for selection over the larger, delayed reward is the measure of temporal discounting. Forty-six youths (21 with CD and 25 healthy youths) participated in this study. Compared with healthy youths, youths with CD chose significantly smaller amounts of immediate reward rather than the larger future rewards. This was the case even in youths with CD without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. However, level of psychopathic traits did not modulate temporal discounting in this sample. These results are discussed in terms of neurobiological models of CD and psychopathic traits.

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  • Initial studies have shown that emotional instability in CD is related to increased temporal discounting unrelated to ADHD.

    “In line with this reasoning, initial studies have shown that emotional instability in CD is related to increased temporal discounting unrelated to ADHD (White et al., 2014).”

    From Top-Down Dysregulation—From ADHD to Emotional Instability (2016) · cites this paper as White et al., 2014

    The Abstract reports greater temporal discounting in youths with conduct disorder, including those without comorbid ADHD; Results > Potential Confounds reports a significant group effect after excluding participants with ADHD. The paper does not establish that emotional instability is related to temporal discounting. Results > Symptom Severity and Behavioral Response in CD Youths found no association with the psychopathic-trait measures it tested. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. Crowley TJ Dalwani MS Mikulich-Gilbertson SK Du YP Lejuez CW Raymond KM Banich MT Risky decisions and their consequences: Neural processing by boys with antisocial substance disorder PLoS ONE 2010 5 9 PMC2943904 20877644

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White, S. F., Clanton, R., Brislin, S. J., Meffert, H., Hwang, S., Sinclair, S., & Blair, R. J. R.
Affiliations
  • National Institute of Mental Health (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality Disorders
Published
2014-02
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
5-18
ISSN
0885-579X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2025358303
Cited by
46
References
64
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
6.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Personality Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (ZIAMH002860, Z01MH002860)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
delay discounting, conduct disorder, adolescents, psychopathic traits, impulsivity, reward valuation, ADHD comorbidity
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Choice Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Reinforcement Schedule, Reward, Severity of Illness Index, Task Performance and Analysis, Time Factors, Case-Control Studies, Conduct Disorder

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