Context-dependent effect of mood: the regulatory role of personality

• Authors: Dominika Zajusz-Gawędzka , Magdalena Marszał-Wiśniewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study explored the influence of the context-dependent effect of mood as well as individual differences in neuroticism and action vs. state/volatility orientation on predecisional processing in a multiattribute choice task. One hundred and twenty participants acquired information about choice options after filling out personality questionnaires. Results showed that participants in a positive mood processed the information longer in enjoy than in done-enough context. In turn, participants in a negative mood processed the information more selectively in enjoy than in done-enough context. It also appeared that this effect is reinforced for participants with low neuroticism and volatility orientation, while it is weakened for those with low neuroticism and action orientation. Results were interpreted in accordance with the differential-processual approach.

Keywords

EN

context-dependent effect of mood; predecisional processing; neuroticism; action vs. state/volatility orientation

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 144-150

Dates

published

2015-03-01

online

2015-04-18

Contributors

author

Dominika Zajusz-Gawędzka

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland

author

Magdalena Marszał-Wiśniewska

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0019