Predictors of delay discounting among smokers: Education level and a Utility Measure of Cigarette Reinforcement Efficacy are better predictors than demographics, smoking characteristics, executive functioning, impulsivity, or time perception

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-133

  George Wilson, A ^a   Franck, Christopher T ^a   Terry Mueller, E ^a   Landes, Reid D ^c   Kowal, Benjamin P ^b   Yi, Richard ^d   Bickel, Warren K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delay discounting; Education; Executive functioning; Reinforcing efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING; TIME PERCEPTION; UTILITY MEASURE OF CIGARETTE REINFORCEMENT EFFICACY; BAYES THEOREM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; TIME PERCEPTION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84922260902     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.027     Document Type: Article

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