The Gist of Delay of Gratification: Understanding and Predicting Problem Behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Delay of gratification captures elements of temptation and self-denial that characterize real-life problems with money and other problem behaviors such as unhealthy risk taking. According to fuzzy-trace theory, decision makers mentally represent social values such as delay of gratification in a coarse but meaningful form of memory called "gist." Applying this theory, we developed a gist measure of delay of gratification that does not involve quantitative trade-offs (as delay discounting does) and hypothesize that this construct explains unique variance beyond sensation seeking and inhibition in accounting for problem behaviors. Across four studies, we examine this Delay-of-gratification Gist Scale by using principal components analyses and evaluating convergent and divergent validity with

SUBMITTER: Reyna VF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5553984 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature