Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster.
Delay discounting is an important predictor of future health and academic success in children but can change in environmental uncertainty situations. Here we show that the experience of loss of housing in the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011-but not other psychological trauma such as loss of loved o...
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| author | Yusuke Matsuyama Takeo Fujiwara Yasuyuki Sawada Junko Yagi Hirobumi Mashiko Ichiro Kawachi Great East Japan Earthquake Follow-up for Children Study Team |
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| description | Delay discounting is an important predictor of future health and academic success in children but can change in environmental uncertainty situations. Here we show that the experience of loss of housing in the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011-but not other psychological trauma such as loss of loved ones-was correlated delay discounting of children. In 2014, we assessed delay discounting in children (N = 167; mean age = 8.3 years-old), who were preschool age at the time of the earthquake (mean age at the time of disaster = 4.8 years-old) in a time-investment exercise where children allocated five tokens between rewards "now" (one candy per token on the same day) versus "one month later" (two candies per token one month later). The number of tokens allocated for "now" was higher by 0.535 (95% confidence interval: -0.012, 1.081) in children who had their housing destroyed or flooded than those with no housing damage. Other types of traumatic experiences were not associated with delay discounting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1601cc5a7fe4a9f8a1889dc9ca29c082022-12-21T19:13:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-011512e024399410.1371/journal.pone.0243994Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster.Yusuke MatsuyamaTakeo FujiwaraYasuyuki SawadaJunko YagiHirobumi MashikoIchiro KawachiGreat East Japan Earthquake Follow-up for Children Study TeamDelay discounting is an important predictor of future health and academic success in children but can change in environmental uncertainty situations. Here we show that the experience of loss of housing in the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011-but not other psychological trauma such as loss of loved ones-was correlated delay discounting of children. In 2014, we assessed delay discounting in children (N = 167; mean age = 8.3 years-old), who were preschool age at the time of the earthquake (mean age at the time of disaster = 4.8 years-old) in a time-investment exercise where children allocated five tokens between rewards "now" (one candy per token on the same day) versus "one month later" (two candies per token one month later). The number of tokens allocated for "now" was higher by 0.535 (95% confidence interval: -0.012, 1.081) in children who had their housing destroyed or flooded than those with no housing damage. Other types of traumatic experiences were not associated with delay discounting.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243994 |
| spellingShingle | Yusuke Matsuyama Takeo Fujiwara Yasuyuki Sawada Junko Yagi Hirobumi Mashiko Ichiro Kawachi Great East Japan Earthquake Follow-up for Children Study Team Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. PLoS ONE |
| title | Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. |
| title_full | Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. |
| title_fullStr | Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. |
| title_short | Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. |
| title_sort | delay discounting in children exposed to disaster |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243994 |
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