The purpose of this article is to contribute to the research on the sign effect, steeper discounting of gains compared to losses, by offering results from an experiment using a “double‐delay” procedure on adolescents. Twenty‐four 14‐year‐old schoolchildren completed a computer‐based test consisting of choices of Smaller–Sooner (SS) and Larger–Later (LL) hypothetical monetary gains and losses. Within‐subject comparison and analysis of the aggregated data were conducted. Current results were also examined in light of prior research with adult participants, and variations in behavioral patterns were identified. Although the sign effect appears to be more profound in adolescents compared to adults, the effect of immediacy persists regardless of the sign of the outcome, and zero discounting of losses is often the case, suggesting that the sign effect is driven largely by qualitative differences.

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青少年的符号效应：假设货币收益和损失的延迟贴现的受试者内比较

本文的目的是通过提供对青少年使用“双延迟”程序的实验结果，为符号效应的研究做出贡献，与损失相比，收益的折扣更大。24 名 14 岁学童完成了一项基于计算机的测试，其中包括选择更早-更早 (SS) 和更大-更晚 (LL) 假设的货币收益和损失。对汇总数据进行了受试者内比较和分析。还根据先前对成人参与者的研究检查了当前结果，并确定了行为模式的变化。尽管与成年人相比，青少年的符号效应似乎更深刻，但无论结果的符号如何，即时性的影响都会持续存在，并且经常出现损失为零折扣的情况，