Zhang Bolun, Shou Yiyun
Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2022 Nov;35(6):649-661. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2021.1994143. Epub 2021 Nov 8.
Previous research has shown that immediate emotions and cognitive processing of the stakes of outcomes influence decision-making under uncertainty. The effect of perceived beneficial stakes and different types of immediate emotions on decision-making is an important topic that has received little attention in the literature. This study investigated the effects of trait anxiety and anticipatory emotions (fear, sadness, excitement and comfortability) on the perception of thee stakes of outcomes and behavioral intentions.
Participants from the community completed a task measuring anticipatory emotions and their perceived stakes of risky and beneficial outcomes in a range of uncertain situations. Trait anxiety was also measured.
Results revealed that anticipatory emotions (except for sadness), trait anxiety and subjective stakes all demonstrated significant associations with risky behavioral intention in uncertain situations. Anticipatory emotions, but not trait anxiety, had stable effects on stake perceptions. However, trait anxiety moderated the effect of excitement on risky behavioral intention. In addition, positive emotions (comfortability and excitement) and beneficial stakes demonstrated consistent effects in the decision-making process.
The current study sheds light on future immediate-emotion-based interventions for deficits in uncertain decision-making.
先前的研究表明，即时情绪以及对结果利害关系的认知加工会影响不确定情况下的决策。感知到的有益利害关系和不同类型的即时情绪对决策的影响是一个在文献中很少受到关注的重要课题。本研究调查了特质焦虑和预期情绪（恐惧、悲伤、兴奋和舒适感）对结果利害关系认知及行为意图的影响。
来自社区的参与者完成了一项任务，该任务测量了一系列不确定情况下的预期情绪及其对风险和有益结果的利害关系认知。同时也测量了特质焦虑。
结果显示，预期情绪（悲伤除外）、特质焦虑和主观利害关系在不确定情况下均与风险行为意图表现出显著关联。预期情绪而非特质焦虑对利害关系认知有稳定影响。然而，特质焦虑调节了兴奋对风险行为意图的影响。此外，积极情绪（舒适感和兴奋）和有益利害关系在决策过程中表现出一致的影响。
本研究为未来基于即时情绪的不确定决策缺陷干预提供了启示。
