Early exposure to socioeconomic distress is hypothesized to reinforce decision making that prioritizes immediate, relative to delayed, rewards (i.e., delay discounting); yet these relations have not been examined longitudinal across the vulnerable adolescent period. This study is one of the first to utilize objective and subjective measures to evaluate the relative effects of environmental disadvantage and the potential protective effects of perceived environmental support on delay discounting. A diverse (48.4% White; 46.7% female) sample of participants (N = 246) reported on their home addresses at baseline when they were, on average, 11.96 years old (SD_age = 0.88); Youth then reported perceived environmental supports at baseline and delay discounting annually from ages 13 to 18. A socioeconomic distress index was derived from census tract rates of unemployment, income, educational attainment, and lone parenthood. Greater socioeconomic distress was associated with a greater propensity to discount delayed rewards at baseline. Findings also suggest greater perceived higher environmental support was associated with decreasing rates of delay discounting across adolescence for youth from highly socioeconomically distressed areas. These results highlight potential future avenues for preventative and intervention efforts to improve positive youth outcomes.

假设早期暴露于社会经济困境可以加强优先考虑即时奖励而不是延迟奖励（即延迟贴现）的决策;然而，这些关系尚未在整个脆弱的青少年时期进行纵向研究。本研究是最早利用客观和主观措施来评估环境劣势的相对影响以及感知环境支持对延迟贴现的潜在保护作用的研究之一。多元化 （48.4% 白人;46.7% 女性） 参与者样本 （N = 246） 报告了他们在基线时的家庭住址，而他们平均年龄为 11.96 岁 （SD_年龄 = 0.88）;然后，青少年报告了在基线时感知到的环境支持，并且每年从 13 岁到 18 岁推迟贴现。社会经济困境指数来自人口普查区的失业率、收入率、教育程度和单亲家庭率。更大的社会经济困境与基线时贴现延迟奖励的更大倾向相关。研究结果还表明，对于来自社会经济高度贫困地区的青少年，更高的感知到更高的环境支持与整个青春期延迟折扣率的降低有关。这些结果突出了未来预防和干预工作的潜在途径，以改善积极的青年结果。