Age Differences in Temporal Discounting: The Role of Dispositional Affect and Anticipated Emotions
Age Differences in Temporal Discounting: The Role of Dispositional Affect and Anticipated Emotions
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DOI：
10.1037/a0023280
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Dunning, David
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作者：
Loeckenhoff, Corinna E.;O'Donoghue, Ted;Dunning, David
我们研究了时间贴现的年龄差异，即相对于即时结果而言，对延迟结果贬值的倾向，特别强调了情感反应的作用。一个终身样本完成了一个涉及金钱收益和损失的激励相容的时间贴现任务。协变量包括人口统计学特征、认知功能、人格特征、情感反应和主观健康。年龄越大，对未来的贴现倾向越低，但这种效应仅对延迟收益的贴现具有统计学意义。对协变量的检验表明，年龄效应与心理健康和情感反应的年龄差异有关，而与人口统计学或认知变量无关。
We examined age differences in temporal discounting, the tendency to devalue delayed outcomes relative to immediate ones, with particular emphasis on the role of affective responses. A life-span sample completed an incentive-compatible temporal discounting task involving both monetary gains and losses. Covariates included demographic characteristics, cognitive functioning, personality traits, affective responses, and subjective health. Advanced age was associated with a lower tendency to discount the future, but this effect reached statistical significance only for the discounting of delayed gains. An examination of covariates suggested that age effects were associated with age differences in mental health and affective responses rather than demographic or cognitive variables.