She Shengxiang, Eimontaite Iveta, Zhang Dangli, Sun Yan
School of Management, South-Central University for NationalitiesWuhan, China.
Center for Behavior and Decision, Shaanxi University of TechnologyHanzhong, China.
Front Psychol. 2017 Aug 21;8:1371. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01371. eCollection 2017.
Fear and anger are basic emotions of the same valence which differ in terms of their certainty and control dimensions according to the Appraisal Tendency Framework, a theory addressing the relationship between specific emotions, and judgments and choices. Past research based on the Appraisal Theory revealed contradictory results for risky choice decision-making. However, these conclusions were drawn from Western samples (e.g., North American). Considering potential cultural differences, the present study aims to investigate whether the Appraisal Tendency hypothesis yields the same results in a Chinese sample. Our first study explores how dispositional fear and anger influence risk preferences through a classic virtual "Asia Disease Problem" task and the second study investigates how induced fear and anger influence risk preferences through an incentive-compatible task. Consistent with previous research, our results reveal that induced fear and anger have differential effects on risky decisions: angry participants prefer the risk-seeking option, whereas fearful participants prefer a risk-averse option. However, we find no associations between dispositional fear (or anger) and risky decisions.
恐惧和愤怒是具有相同效价的基本情绪，根据评估倾向框架，它们在确定性和可控性维度上有所不同，该理论探讨了特定情绪、判断和选择之间的关系。过去基于评估理论的研究在风险选择决策方面得出了相互矛盾的结果。然而，这些结论是从西方样本（如北美）得出的。考虑到潜在的文化差异，本研究旨在调查评估倾向假设在中国样本中是否会产生相同的结果。我们的第一项研究通过经典的虚拟“亚洲疾病问题”任务探索了特质性恐惧和愤怒如何影响风险偏好，第二项研究则通过激励兼容任务调查了诱发的恐惧和愤怒如何影响风险偏好。与先前的研究一致，我们的结果表明，诱发的恐惧和愤怒对风险决策有不同的影响：愤怒的参与者更喜欢寻求风险的选项，而恐惧的参与者更喜欢规避风险的选项。然而，我们发现特质性恐惧（或愤怒）与风险决策之间没有关联。
