Affect Regulation and Decision Making: Risk as a Social Constraint |
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Authors: | Verena Graupmann Ralph Erber Jennifer Poe |
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Institution: | 1. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t graupmann@psy.lmu.de;3. DePaul University |
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Abstract: | The social constraints model of affect regulation is applied to decision making involving varying levels of risk in two studies. In Study 1 (N = 46) participants indicated a desire to attenuate both positive and negative induced moods when faced with a high-risk decision but not a low-risk decision. Study 2 (N = 64) provided evidence that attenuated affect helps individuals better identify decision-irrelevant information. Participants who were first made to feel happy or sad and then read a story that was incongruent with their mood were better at identifying decision-irrelevant information than participants who read a story that was congruent with their mood. |
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