Open AccessChanges in delay discounting, substance use, and weight status across adolescence.
Author(s) -
Julia W. Felton,
Anahí Collado,
Katherine M. Ingram,
Carl W. Lejuez,
Richard Yi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000833
Subject(s) - delay discounting , substance use , psychology , discounting , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , substance abuse , medicine , impulsivity , psychiatry , finance , economics
Higher rates of delay discounting have been consistently linked to maladaptive health behaviors, including substance use and overeating, among adults. Despite adolescence representing a critical period for the escalation of these risky health behaviors, little is known about the developmental course of delay discounting or how this construct relates to important health outcomes in youth. The current study examined change in delay discounting over time using a latent growth curve approach and the relation between growth in this construct and changes in substance use and body-mass index over a 6-year period.