תקציר
The objective of this paper is to measure and compare the subjective time discounting of professional athletes and nonathletes. By using a questionnaire, we found higher subjective discounting for professional athletes than for non-athletes. We also found that the professional athletes' win-orientation positively affected their present preferences. On the other hand, professional athletes' play- orientation, which reflects their attitude towards the game itself, negatively affected their present preferences. No such effects were found in non-athletes. We argue that the "win-at-all-costs" competitive approach that leads athletes to sacrifice everything in order to win may cause (or reflect) their higher preference for the present.
שפה מקורית | אנגלית |
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עמודים (מ-עד) | 542-551 |
מספר עמודים | 10 |
כתב עת | Judgment and Decision Making |
כרך | 6 |
מספר גיליון | 6 |
מזהי עצם דיגיטלי (DOIs) | |
סטטוס פרסום | פורסם - אוג׳ 2011 |
פורסם באופן חיצוני | כן |