Monetary Choice Questionnaire (delay discounting).
MCQ
Delay discounting / intertemporal impulsivity - the hyperbolic discount rate k estimated from choices between smaller-sooner and larger-later monetary rewards
- Length and format
- 27 binary choices (small, medium, and large reward magnitude sets of 9 each); MCQ-9 and 21-item adaptive versions exist. forced-choice (smaller-sooner versus larger-later) (behavioral/computerized task)
- Language versions
- Used in 30+ countries approx; translation is trivial (numeric choices) but amounts require local-currency adaptation, which limits strict cross-country comparability
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Kirby KN, Petry NM, Bickel WK. Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls. J Exp Psychol Gen. 1999;128(1):78-87.
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