Interrelationships among parental family history of substance misuse, delay discounting, and personal substance use.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Despite consistent evidence of the familiality of substance misuse, the mechanisms by which family history (FH) increases the risk of addiction are not well understood. One behavioral trait that may mediate the risk for substance use and addiction is delay discounting (DD), which characterizes an individual's preferences for smaller immediate rewards compared to larger future rewards.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationships among FH, DD, and diverse aspects of personal substance use, and to test DD as a mediator of the relationship between FH and personal substance use.

Methods

The study used crowdsourcing to recruit a community sample of adults (N = 732). Family history was assessed using a brief assessment of perceived parenta

SUBMITTER: VanderBroek L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4830143 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature