Delay of Gratification: Impulsive Choices and Problem Behaviors in Early and Late Adolescence

Journal of Personality - Tập 70 Số 4 - Trang 533-552 - 2002
Edelgard Wulfert1, Jennifer A. Block, Elizabeth Santa Ana, Mónica Rodríguez, Melissa Colsman
1Department of Psychology, The University at Albany, State University of New York, 12222, USA. [email protected]

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ABSTRACT High school students were offered a monetary incentive for participating in research. They were given a choice between a smaller fee immediately or a larger fee one week later. Compared to students who delayed gratification, those who chose the immediate fee showed more self‐regulatory deficits. They showed greater involvement with cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana, had a poorer self‐concept and underperformed academically. A replication study with middle‐school students and different reward parameters yielded equivalent results. Younger adolescents who chose the immediate monetary incentive showed a similar pattern of problem behaviors as the high school students. The findings indicate that this simple choice‐delay procedure yields an unobtrusive behavioral measure of self‐regulation and offers a developmentally appropriate extension of the delay‐of‐gratification paradigm for use with older children and adolescents.

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Journal of Personality

Tập 70 Số 4

533-552

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