Choice Bundling Increases Valuation of Delayed Losses More Than Gains in Cigarette Smokers.

ABSTRACT: Choice bundling, in which a single choice produces a series of repeating consequences over time, increases valuation of delayed monetary and non-monetary gains. Interventions derived from this manipulation may be an effective method for mitigating the elevated delay discounting rates observed in cigarette smokers. No prior work, however, has investigated whether the effects of choice bundling generalize to reward losses. In the present study, an online panel of cigarette smokers (N = 302), recruited using survey firms Ipsos and InnovateMR, completed assessments for either monetary gains or losses (randomly assigned). In Step 1, participants completed a delay-discounting task to establish Effective Delay 50 (ED50), or the delay required for an outcome to lose half of its value. In St

SUBMITTER: Stein JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793342 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature