The relationship between stress and delay discounting

Fields, Sherecce; Lange, Krista; Ramos, Ashley; Thamotharan, Sneha; Rassu, F.

doi:10.1097/fbp.0000000000000044

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“…because of stress and anxiety). Policy interventions suggested elsewhere such as therapies to improve impulse control are therefore likely to have limited efficacy in preventing illness for those with financial difficulties (Fields et al, 2014). There is no additional direct effect of strain on health behaviours unrelated to time discounting.…”

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How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Prentice

McKillop

French

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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The mechanisms by which financial strain affects health are not well understood. In this paper, we conduct a longitudinal mediation analysis of the Dutch National Bank 5Household Survey. To quantify the relative importance of biological and nonbiological pathways from financial strain to health, we consider smoking, heavy drinking and being overweight as plausible behavioural responses to financial strain but find that only 4.9% of the response of self-reported health to financial strain is mediated by these behaviours. Further analysis indicates that although financial strain increases 10 impulsivity this has little effect on unhealthy behaviours. Economic stresses therefore appear to be distinct from other forms of stress in the relatively minor influence of nonbiological pathways to ill-health.

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How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Prentice

McKillop

French

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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“…While acute stress triggers immediate, time-limited responses to maximize organismal adaptation (Hermans et al, 2014), long lasting structural and functional changes are generated following chronic stress, particularly neuroendocrine modulation of executive functions (Anderson et al, 2016; Cook & Wellman, 2004; Dias-Ferreira et al, 2009). In humans, such maladaptive reactivity to chronic stress includes improper decision making, and impulsivity (Dias-Ferreira et al, 2009; Fields et al, 2014; George & Koob, 2010; Wang et al, 2014), but also changes of the timekeeping mechanisms. Indeed, time seems to stop (durations are perceived as longer) under stress, or when facing negative emotions (Brown et al, 2007; Matthews et al, 2012).…”

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Increased temporal discounting after chronic stress in CHL1-deficient mice is reversed by 5-HT2C agonist Ro 60-0175

2017

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Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which impaired decision-making and goal-directed behaviors are core features. One of the genes associated with schizophrenia is the Close Homolog of L1 (CHL1); CHL1-deficient mice are considered a model of schizophrenia-like deficits, including sensorimotor gating, interval timing and spatial memory impairments. Here we investigated temporal discounting in CHL1-deficient (KO) mice and their wild-type littermates. Although no discounting differences were found under baseline conditions, CHL1-KO mice showed increased impulsive choice following chronic unpredictable stress (fewer % larger-later choices, and reduced area under the discounting curve). Stressed CHL1-KO mice also showed decreased neuronal activation (number of cFos positive neurons) in the discounting task in the prelimbic cortex and dorsal striatum, areas thought to be part of executive and temporal processing circuits. Impulsive choice alterations were reversed by the 5-HT2C agonist Ro 60-0175. Our results provide evidence for a gene×environment, double-hit model of stress-related decision-making impairments, and identify CHL1-deficient mice as a mouse model for these deficits in regard to schizophrenia-like phenotypes.

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“…Individuals with more life stress are more likely to be irregular exercisers (Jekauc et al, 2015), and those that are starting exercise programs have more difficulty maintaining exercise when they are experiencing stress, whereas individuals who are long-time exercisers may respond to stress with greater exercise participation (Clark et al, 2011, Lutz et al, 2010). Increased stress and decreased life satisfaction may overwhelm coping resources reducing self-regulation capacity and consequently leading to early termination (e.g., Fields et al, 2014). One might speculate that given their average to above average levels of physical and metabolic wellness, their physical fitness may be less of a priority than their mental health so they would be more likely to cancel their memberships if their mental health needs were not being met.…”

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Identifying groups at risk for 1-year membership termination from a fitness center at enrollment

Hooker

Ross

Ranby

et al. 2016

Preventive Medicine Reports

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The vast majority of Americans do not engage in adequate regular physical activity despite its well-known health benefits. Even when individuals attempt to become more active by joining a fitness center, estimates suggest that nearly half terminate their membership within the first 6 months. A better understanding of who is at risk for early membership termination upon joining may help researchers develop targeted interventions to improve the likelihood that individuals will successfully maintain memberships and physical activity. This study's purpose was to identify, based on a wellness assessment (WA) used in fitness centers, individuals at risk for fitness membership termination prior to 1-year. Center members (N = 441; Mage = 41.9, SD = 13.1; 74.4% female) completed a comprehensive WA of stress, life satisfaction, physical fitness, metabolic health, and sleep quality at the beginning of their memberships and were followed for one year. Latent class analyses utilized the WA to identify four groups: (a) healthy, (b) unhealthy, (c) poor psychological wellness, and (d) poor physical wellness. Participants in the poor psychological wellness group (OR = 2.24, p = 0.007) and the unhealthy group (OR = 2.40, p = 0.037) were significantly more likely to terminate their memberships at 1-year as compared to the healthy group. Participants with poor physical wellness visited the fitness center less frequently than healthy participants (p < 0.01). Results suggest that poor psychological wellness is a risk factor for terminating memberships, whereas poor physical wellness is not. Future studies should replicate these latent classes and develop targeted interventions to address psychological wellness as a method to improve fitness membership retention.

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The relationship between stress and delay discounting

Cited by 73 publications

References 80 publications

How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

How financial strain affects health: Evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household Survey

Increased temporal discounting after chronic stress in CHL1-deficient mice is reversed by 5-HT2C agonist Ro 60-0175

Identifying groups at risk for 1-year membership termination from a fitness center at enrollment

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