No food for thought: moderating effects of delay discounting and future time perspective on the relation between income and food insecurity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low income is related to food insecurity, and research has suggested that a scarcity of resources associated with low income can shift attention to the present, thereby discounting the future.

Objective

We tested whether attending to the present and discounting the future may moderate the influence of income on food insecurity.

Design

Delay discounting and measures of future time perspective (Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, Consideration of Future Consequences Scale, time period of financial planning, and subjective probability of living to age 75 y) were studied as moderators of the relation between income and food insecurity in a diverse sample of 975 adults, 31.8% of whom experienced some degree of food insecurity.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Epstein LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4135497 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature