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Is a bird in the hand worth two in the future? Intertemporal choice, attachment and theory of mind in school-aged children

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Title
Is a bird in the hand worth two in the future? Intertemporal choice, attachment and theory of mind in school-aged children
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Frontiers in Psychology, May 2014
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00483
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Antonella Marchetti, Ilaria Castelli, Laura Sanvito, Davide Massaro

Abstract

Intertemporal choice is a decision-making dilemma related to outcomes of different entity located at different time points. Economic and psychological literature on this topic showed the phenomen of temporal discounting, i.e., the proclivity to devalue the outcome distant in time on the basis of the time delay necessary to obtain it. The goals of this research are to investigate two different components of intertemporal choice separately, namely time and outcome, in school-age children, and the possible link among such components and the security of attachment style and theory of mind. Ninety one children aged between 6 and 10 years performed two intertemporal choice tasks, first and second order false belief tasks and the Separation Anxiety Task in the Family and School versions. Results showed that the two components of intertemporal choice (waiting tolerance and sensitivity to delayed outcome) are stately interrelated; the quality of the attachment to the family caregiver affects the tolerance to waiting time and first order false belief understanding affects both the components of intertemporal choice.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
United States 1 2%
France 1 2%
Unknown 59 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 29%
Student > Master 13 21%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Student > Postgraduate 4 6%
Unspecified 2 3%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 11 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 25 40%
Social Sciences 5 8%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 6%
Neuroscience 3 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 5%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 16 26%
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