Academic delay of gratification and expectancy–value

Academic delay of gratification (ADOG) is defined as the postponement of immediately available rewards in order to pursue temporally remote but more valuable academic goals. The present study examined delay of gratification from motivational perspectives. This study (N = 196) examined whether preferences to delay gratification in typical academic situations would be associated with motivational determinants of the alternatives in those settings. The results provide support for conceptualizing ADOG as a motivationally-determined choice between delay and non-delay alternatives.