@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol-dependent individuals discount sex at higher rates than controls",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2013",
author="Jarmolowicz, David P. and Bickel, Warren K. and Gatchalian, Kirstin M.",
volume="131",
number="3",
pages="320-323",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Research on delay discounting has expanded our understanding of substance dependence in many ways. Recently, orderly discounting of sexual rewards has been demonstrated in both substance-dependent individuals, and healthy controls. Less clear, however, is if rates of sexual discounting are higher than controls in alcohol-dependent-individuals. METHODS: 20 alcohol-dependent individuals and 21 healthy control participants completed two delay-discounting tasks. One task involved monetary rewards, whereas the other involved the discounting of sexual rewards (i.e., number of sex acts). RESULTS: Alcohol dependent individuals discounted sexual rewards at significantly higher rates than did controls. There was a trend toward, but not a similarly significant relation for the discounting of monetary rewards. CONCLUSIONS: Rates of sexual discounting are elevated in alcohol dependent individuals. If this relation is replicated in other at risk populations, the rapid devaluation of sexual rewards may be a laboratory marker of impulsive sexual choices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.12.014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.12.014"
}