Olchowska-Kotala Agnieszka
Department of Medical Humanities and Social Science, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, 50-367, Wrocław, Poland.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2019 Dec;48(6):1429-1439. doi: 10.1007/s10936-019-09666-7.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of presenting risk on decision making and evaluations with regard to the valence (positive vs. negative) and the linguistic polarity (direct vs. indirect). Participants were presented with a message in which patients were informed about risk associated with some diagnostic medical procedures. In the presented text, before obtaining statistical information about risk (e.g., 1 in 1000), four types of the verbal descriptions were used (risk is high/risk is not low/risk is low/risk is not high). The valence of information influenced the decision and respondent's evaluation. Participants receiving a verbal description with a positive valence were more positive about the patient' decision, and more positively evaluated the doctor and patient's mood than participants receiving a description with a negative valence. Neither main nor interaction effects with linguistic polarity were found. The research does not support that indirect wording mitigates the meaning of a message on risk and highlights the strength and persistence of relying on the verbal description, particularly their affective valence.
本研究的目的是调查呈现风险对决策以及关于效价（积极与消极）和语言极性（直接与间接）的评估的影响。向参与者展示一条信息，其中告知患者一些诊断性医疗程序相关的风险。在所呈现的文本中，在获得关于风险的统计信息（例如，千分之一）之前，使用了四种类型的语言描述（风险高/风险不低/风险低/风险不高）。信息的效价影响了决策和受访者的评估。与收到具有消极效价描述的参与者相比，收到具有积极效价语言描述的参与者对患者的决策更积极，并且对医生和患者情绪的评价也更积极。未发现与语言极性的主效应和交互效应。该研究不支持间接措辞会减轻关于风险信息的含义这一观点，并强调了依赖语言描述，特别是其情感效价的强度和持续性。
