Contextual Control of Delay Discounting by Pathological Gamblers

Autor/inn/en	Dixon, Mark R.; Jacobs, Eric A.; Sanders, Scott
Titel	Contextual Control of Delay Discounting by Pathological Gamblers
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39 (2006) 4, S.413-422 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Rewards; Delay of Gratification; Context Effect; Risk; Statistical Analysis; Conceptual Tempo; Behavior Patterns; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reward; Belohnung; Risiko; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The present study demonstrated the relative impact of gambling and nongambling contexts on the degree of delay discounting by pathological gamblers. We used a delay-discounting task with 20 pathological gamblers in and out of the natural context in which they regularly gambled. For 16 of the 20 participants, it appeared that the difference of context altered the subjective value of delayed rewards, thereby producing relative changes in delay-discounting rates that were generally consistent with a hyperbolic model of intertemporal choice. The current data suggest that empirically derived "k" values from delay-discounting tasks are context sensitive and are not constant across various settings for the individual. Implications for future transitional research on addictive disorders generally, and gambling specifically, are discussed. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.) (Author).
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