Ecological momentary assessment of delay discounting, reward valuation, and craving in very light cigarette users.

ABSTRACT: Heightened delay discounting has been linked to adverse smoking cessation outcomes, including among light cigarette users. Few studies have evaluated delay discounting's proposed mechanism, preference reversal (concurrent increases in valuation of/craving for desired objects), and none have done so in naturalistic settings. We examined how person-level delay discounting moderated the within-person association between cigarette valuation and craving among very light daily cigarette users who were financially incentivized to abstain. Forty participants completed a baseline delay-discounting task and intermittent ratings of cigarette valuation and craving during the incentivized abstinence attempt. Subjects earned monetary rewards for abstinence on a descending schedule (e.g., $20 on Days 1 a

SUBMITTER: Furer ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12705131 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature