延迟折扣有效期和电子烟使用:电子烟使用者,可燃香烟使用者,双重使用者和非使用者的比较
Ji Young Kim1, Derek D Reed2, Justin C Strickland3
1Department of Psychology, Penn State Harrisburg.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology
|November 7, 2024
概括
与非使用者相比,电子烟 (EC) 和双重使用者显示出更的延迟折扣,更喜欢立即奖励而不是更大的延迟奖励. 这表明一种行为机制将EC使用与未来结果的值联系在一起.
科学领域:
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
- 药物成科学 药物成科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 延迟折扣,即随着时间延迟增加而导致结果的值,与吸烟等不适应性行为有关.
- 之前的研究重点是延迟可燃香烟 (CC) 用户的折扣,但电子香烟 (e-cigarettes [EC]) 的兴起需要进一步调查.
- 考虑到尼古丁产品消费的不断变化,了解EC用户的延迟折扣至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了在四个不同的延迟贴现任务中建立一致的有效性.
- 为了比较四个用户群体的延迟折扣行为:双重用户,独家EC用户,独家CC用户和非用户.
主要方法:
- 一项基于网络的研究评估了259名参与者的延迟折扣,使用四项任务:货币选择问卷,5试验调整延迟折扣任务 (ADT-5),时间折扣问卷和简短的时间间选择任务 (BRIC任务).
- 评估了四个任务的收有效性.
- 延迟折扣结果在独家EC用户,独家CC用户,双重用户和非用户之间进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 四个延迟贴现任务显示了中等到强的收有效性 (p < .001).
- 在所有四个用户子组中观察到延迟折扣的显著差异 (p < .048),效果大小小小.
- 独家EC用户和双重用户在ADT-5和BRIC任务中比非用户显示出明显更的折扣.
结论:
- 延迟折扣任务对评估时间间选择行为表现出良好的收有效性.
- 更急的延迟折扣与独家电子烟使用和双重使用有关,这表明这些消费模式的潜在行为机制.
- 研究结果强调了延迟折扣在理解电子烟使用的行为基础中的作用.
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