Reinforcer pathology's alternative reinforcer hypothesis: A preliminary examination.
Reinforcer pathology's alternative reinforcer hypothesis: A preliminary examination.
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10.1037/hea0001031
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2021-12
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通讯作者：
Epstein LH
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Bickel WK;Tegge AN;Carr KA;Epstein LH
The novel theory of Reinforcer Pathology states that the temporal window of integration, measured by delay discounting (DD), determines the value of reinforcers. Based on the Reinforcer Pathology theory, the valuation of alternative reinforcers is positively associated with the length of the temporal window (negatively with rates of discounting). The objective of this paper is to test the Reinforcer Pathology theory by reanalyzing data from a prior report in order to examine the association between the reinforcing value of alternative reinforcement and the length of the measured temporal window. Participants (N= 250) who completed an adjusting delay discounting task and the Pleasant Events Schedule (PES) were included in the study. PES provides a measurement of a reinforcement score (a cross-product of PES measures of frequency and pleasantness) for 45 non-eating alternative activities. Analysis of Variance and Spearman product-moment correlations were completed. Delay discounting was significantly positively correlated with sedentary reinforcement and significantly negatively correlated with cognitively enriching activities. A significant interaction was observed in the preference for between food and cognitive-enriching context as a function ln(k) in predicting the cognitive-enriching activity class. Non-significant relationships were also observed with the correlation of delay discounting to the reinforcement of social and physical activities. These findings provide initial support for Reinforcer Pathology theory and indicate that the temporal window over which reinforcers are integrated may be a factor contributing to a preference for some healthy or unhealthy alternative reinforcers.
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