Emphasizing Future Feelings: The Effect of Anticipated Emotions on Pandemic Decision-Making

dc.contributor.advisorVeling, Harm, Dr.
dc.contributor.authorLudwig, Nicolas
dc.date.issued2021-04-08
dc.description.abstractThe adherence to pro-societal actions often entails a self-control conflict between different choice alternatives. According to the value-based choice model, individuals evaluate the attractiveness of each choice, by assessing the subjective utility. This process also incorporates the anticipated emotional consequences of our choices, which is known as affective forecasting. In this research I aim to investigate whether affective forecasting can modulate the difficulty of decisions in a pandemic scenario to influence pro-societal and hedonic choice outcomes. 59 (43 females, 16 males) participants of mean age of 22 were divided into an affective forecasting intervention and a control group before encountering a fictitious scenario in which they had to follow either a hedonic or a pro-societal option. The results provided no direct evidence to support the research question, whereas the results of the exploratory analyses yield interesting suggestions to explain the outcomes.
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/18619
dc.language.isoen
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Psychologie::Master - Gedragsverandering
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen::Psychologie
dc.thesis.typeMaster
dc.titleEmphasizing Future Feelings: The Effect of Anticipated Emotions on Pandemic Decision-Making

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