Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the experiential discounting task

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Smits, Rochelle R ^a   Stein, Jeffrey S ^a   Johnson, Patrick S ^a   Odum, Amy L ^a   Madden, Gregory J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boredom proneness scale; Delay discounting; Experiential discounting task; Probability discounting; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; BOREDOM PRONENESS SCALE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXPERIENTIAL DISCOUNTING TASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876125247     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031725     Document Type: Article

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