Associations of delay discounting and drinking trajectories from ages 14 to 22.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While drinking alcohol, one must choose between the immediate rewarding effects and the delayed reward of a healthier lifestyle. Individuals differ in their devaluation of a delayed reward based on the time required to receive it, i.e., delay discounting (DD). Previous studies have shown that adolescents discount more steeply than adults and that steeper DD is associated with heavier alcohol use in both groups.

Methods

In a large-scale longitudinal study, we investigated whether higher rates of DD are an antecedent or a consequence of alcohol use during adolescent development. As part of the IMAGEN project, 2220 adolescents completed the Monetary Choice Questionnaire as a DD measure, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and the Timeline Follow Back inter

SUBMITTER: Frohner JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9018624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature