BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The novel theory of Reinforcer Pathology states that the temporal window of integration, measured by delay discounting (DD), determines the value of reinforcers. Based on the Reinforcer Pathology theory, the valuation of alternative reinforcers is positively associated with the length of the temporal window (negatively with rates of discounting). The objective of this article is to test the Reinforcer Pathology theory by reanalyzing data from a prior report (Carr & Epstein, 2018) in order to examine the association between the reinforcing value of alternative reinforcement and the length of the measured temporal window. METHOD Participants (N = 250) who completed an adjusting delay discounting task and the Pleasant Events Schedule (PES) were included in the study. PES provides a measurement of a reinforcement score (a cross-product of PES measures of frequency and pleasantness) for 45 noneating alternative activities. Analysis of Variance and Spearman product-moment correlations were completed. RESULTS Delay discounting was significantly positively correlated with sedentary reinforcement and significantly negatively correlated with cognitively enriching activities. A significant interaction was observed in the preference for between food and cognitive-enriching context as a function ln(k) in predicting the cognitive-enriching activity class. Nonsignificant relationships were also observed with the correlation of delay discounting to the reinforcement of social and physical activities. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide initial support for Reinforcer Pathology theory and indicate that the temporal window over which reinforcers are integrated may be a factor contributing to a preference for some healthy or unhealthy alternative reinforcers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

---

钢筋病理学的替代钢筋假说：初步检查。

背景和目的新的强化剂病理学理论指出，通过时延贴现（DD）度量的时间整合窗口决定了强化剂的价值。基于加固器病理学理论，替代加固器的评估与时间窗的长度呈正相关（与贴现率负相关）。本文的目的是通过重新分析来自先前报告（Carr＆Epstein，2018）的数据来测试强化剂病理学理论，以检查替代强化的增强值与测得的时间窗长度之间的关联。方法研究对象包括完成调整延迟折扣任务和愉悦事件时间表（PES）的参与者（N = 250）。PES提供了45个无提名替代活动的增强得分（PES频率和愉悦性的乘积）的度量。完成了方差和Spearman产品矩相关性的分析。结果延迟贴现与久坐感显着正相关，而与认知丰富活动显着负相关。观察到食物和认知丰富环境之间的偏好之间存在显着的相互作用，这是预测认知丰富活动类别的函数ln（k）。延迟贴现与社会和体育活动的增强之间也没有显着的关系。结论这些发现为强化剂病理学理论提供了初步的支持，并表明强化剂整合的时间窗可能是导致偏爱某些健康或不健康替代强化剂的因素。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。