Impulsivity: The Behavioral and Neurological Science of Discounting


Third, where in the course of treatment DD was assessed varied across participants in the present study, which may have unnecessarily increased between-subject variability. That said, the number of days in treatment prior to completing the DD assessment was not a significant confounding variable in the regression model, and DD has been shown in other studies to be highly stable over many months Audrain-McGovern et al. This also suggests that the DD measure is likely to have utility in predicting treatment response if implemented upon entry into treatment. In conclusion, the present findings extend to cocaine-dependent patients prior observations with cigarette smokers and opioid-dependent patients showing that steeper discounting predicts less during-treatment and post-treatment abstinence Krishnan-Sarin et al.

In addition, the relationship between steeper discounting and shorter periods of abstinence may be conditional on the type or intensity of treatment provided, which, to our knowledge, has not been reported previously. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Author manuscript; available in PMC Oct Yukiko Washio , 1 Stephen T. Higgins , 1, 2 Sarah H.

Impulsivity : the behavioral and neurological science of discounting

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Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Please re-enter recipient e-mail address es. Study participants were the 36 cocaine-dependent adult outpatients from the Heil et al. Heil , 1, 2 Todd L. The name field is required.

See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Rationale Delay discounting DD describes the rate at which reinforcers lose value as the temporal delay to their receipt increases. Objectives In the present study, we examined whether DD of hypothetical monetary reinforcers is associated with the duration of cocaine abstinence achieved among cocaine-dependent outpatients. Conclusions These results provide further evidence on associations between DD and treatment response and extend those observations to a new clinical population i.

Temporal discounting, delay discounting, cocaine dependence, contingency management, vouchers, treatment response.

Delay Discounting is Associated with Treatment Response among Cocaine-Dependent Outpatients

Method Participants Study participants were the 36 cocaine-dependent adult outpatients from the Heil et al. Briefly, participants were seated in front of a computer screen, which displayed the following message: Urinalysis Monitoring Urine specimens were collected from all study participants according to a thrice-weekly schedule Monday, Wednesday, Friday during weeks 1—12 and a twice-weekly schedule Monday, Thursday during weeks 13—24 of treatment.

Results Participants Characteristics Table 1 shows participant characteristics in each voucher condition. Table 1 Participant Characteristics. Open in a separate window. Association of DD with Treatment Outcome The discounting equation provided a good fit to the data with median R 2 values of 0. Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first study to report significant associations between DD and treatment response among those being treated for cocaine dependence.

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