Changes in Delay Discounting, Substance Use, and Weight Status Across Adolescence

Overview

Journal Health Psychol

Specialty Public Health

Date 2020 Jan 10

PMID 31916829

Citations 9

Authors

Julia W Felton

Anahi Collado

Katherine Ingram

Carl W Lejuez

Richard Yi

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Abstract

Objective: 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.

Method: Participants included 247 adolescents (44% female) with a mean age of 13 at the initial assessment.

Results: Findings suggest that, on average, rates of delay discounting are stable across adolescence; however, there are significant individual differences around this trajectory. Moreover, youth who demonstrate significant increases in delay discounting over time are also more likely to experience more rapid escalations of both substance use and Body Mass Index across adolescence.

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