Discounting the value of delayed rewards has primarily been measured in children with the delay of gratification task and in adolescents and adults with the delay discounting task. In the present study, we assessed the suitability of the delay discounting task as a measure of temporal discounting in children. A sample of 7‐ to 9‐year‐olds (N = 98) completed a delay discounting task, a delay of gratification task, a sensation seeking measure, and IQ measures. In addition, teacher‐based assessments of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder traits were measured. The results indicated that the majority of children produced meaningful data on the discounting task and discounted rewards hyperbolically. Children with an elevated risk of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder showed a trend towards discounting future rewards on the delay discounting task more steeply than did those at low risk. However, delay discounting was unrelated to either delay of gratification or sensation seeking. We interpret these results as providing some support for the use of delay discounting as a measure of intertemporal choice in children, although the results also suggest that delay discounting and delay of gratification tasks may tap different processes in this population.

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检查儿童延迟奖励的能力：延迟贴现任务是一种合适的措施吗？

延迟奖励价值的折现主要在满足延迟任务的儿童中以及延迟折现任务的青少年和成年人中进行。在本研究中，我们评估了延迟贴现任务作为儿童暂时贴现的一种方法的适用性。7至9岁（N= 98）完成了延迟打折任务，延迟满足任务，寻求感觉的措施和智商措施。此外，还对教师的注意力缺陷/多动障碍特征进行了评估。结果表明，大多数儿童产生了有关打折任务的有意义的数据，并双曲线地打折了奖励。注意缺陷/多动症风险较高的儿童与低风险儿童相比，在延迟贴现任务上表现出更倾向于折现未来奖励的趋势。但是，延迟贴现与满足感的延迟或寻求追求的感觉无关。我们认为这些结果为使用延迟折扣作为儿童跨时选择的一种手段提供了一些支持，