Bromberg, Uli ORCID: 0000-0003-4974-971X, Lobatcheva, Maria and Peters, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-0195-5357 (2017). Episodic future thinking reduces temporal discounting in healthy adolescents. PLoS One, 12 (11). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Episodic Future Thinking has proven efficient in reducing impulsive behavior in several adult populations. Whether it also has a beneficial impact on decision making in adolescents is not known. Here the impact of episodic future thinking on discounting behavior was investigated in a sample of healthy adolescents (n = 44, age range 13-16 years). Discounting behavior in trials including episodic future thinking was significantly less impulsive than in control trials (t = 2.74, p = .009, d(z) = .44). In a subsample we controlled for executive function, alcohol use and developmental measures. Neither executive function nor alcohol use but developmental measures explained variability in the effect of episodic future thinking. These findings reveal that episodic future thinking can improve adolescent decision making while the effect is to some degree modulated by developmental measures.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Bromberg, UliUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-4974-971XUNSPECIFIED
Lobatcheva, MariaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Peters, JanUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0195-5357UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-210971
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188079
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS One
Volume: 12
Number: 11
Date: 2017
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication: SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN: 1932-6203
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
RISKY DECISION-MAKING; ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; AGE-DIFFERENCES; ENERGY-INTAKE; DELAY; INDIVIDUALS; IMPULSIVITY; MEMORY; INTELLIGENCE; PERSPECTIVEMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21097

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