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  • Psychology of Decision-Making
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • COVID-19 social distancing measures significantly reduced social contact and heightened health and financial concerns.
  • These societal shifts prompted an investigation into their impact on decision-making, particularly for older adults.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how COVID-19 conditions influenced temporal discounting and reward preferences (monetary, health, social).
  • To determine if these effects differed between age groups, with a focus on older individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted two online studies involving temporal discounting tasks and stated preference assessments for monetary, health, and social rewards.
  • Recruited diverse participants, ensuring equal representation of White/Caucasian, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latinx individuals.
  • Assessed physical distancing behaviors alongside decision-making metrics.

Main Results:

  • Older adults demonstrated a greater preference for smaller, sooner social and health rewards compared to younger individuals.
  • This finding suggests an increased motivation for social and health-related outcomes in older populations.

Conclusions:

  • Age-related differences in motivation for social and health rewards are significant.
  • These motivational differences are crucial for understanding decision-making across the adult lifespan, especially in contexts of societal change.