Author: Cheung, E.; Mikels, J.A.
Description: Engagement in risky behavior has traditionally been attributed to an underestimation of the associated risks, but recent perspectives suggest that affective reactions toward a risky option may better explain risk-seeking than risk perception. However, the precise relationship between emotion and risk-seeking remains unclear. The current set of studies elucidates the relationship between emotion and risk-seeking in risky choice framing, using a gambling task. In Study 1, reliance on emotion was related to risk-seeking, but goals to regulate emotion mitigated these effects. In Study 2, positive affect was associated with risk-seeking in loss frames, but unrelated to risk aversion in gain frames. Collectively, these findings indicate a general role for emotion reliance on risk-seeking and a specific role of positive affect on risk-seeking in the loss trials of the framing effect.
Subject Headings: Adolescent; Affect; Decision Making; Female; Gambling/psychology; Humans; Male; Risk-Taking; Young Adult
Keywords: I’m feeling lucky: the relationship between affect and risk-seeking in the framing effect
Publication year: 2011
Journal or book title: Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
Volume: 11
Issue: 4
Pages: 852-859
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 2470