The Relationship Between Schizotypal Personality Traits and Temporal Discounting: The Role of the Date/Delay Effect.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

Many patients with psychiatric disorders show increased temporal discounting (TD), ie, they discount future rewards more steeply than healthy controls. However, findings for schizophrenia and schizotypy, a personality constellation considered to be on the schizophrenia spectcrum, are less clear. Moreover, the role of future time representation in TD in the schizophrenia spectrum has not been examined. We hypothesized positive associations between schizotypal personality traits and TD and reduced TD when the timepoint of future rewards is represented in dates rather than delay units (the date/delay effect). Further, we explored associations between schizotypy and the magnitude of the date/delay effect.

Study design

We conducted a large-scale, general

SUBMITTER: Keidel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879521 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature