Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic
IntroductionDecision-making is not purely rational but highlighted by the influence of intuitive and emotional processes. Recently, researchers have focused more attention on understanding which environmental and personal features influence decision-making processes, and how.Objective and methodsOn...
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| author | Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva Rui Mateus Joaquim Alexandre Luiz de Oliveira Serpa Alexandre Paim Diaz Jonas Jardim de Paula Jonas Jardim de Paula Danielle Souza Costa Antônio Geraldo da Silva Antônio Geraldo da Silva André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto Débora Marques de Miranda Débora Marques de Miranda |
| author_facet | Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva Rui Mateus Joaquim Alexandre Luiz de Oliveira Serpa Alexandre Paim Diaz Jonas Jardim de Paula Jonas Jardim de Paula Danielle Souza Costa Antônio Geraldo da Silva Antônio Geraldo da Silva André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto Débora Marques de Miranda Débora Marques de Miranda |
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| description | IntroductionDecision-making is not purely rational but highlighted by the influence of intuitive and emotional processes. Recently, researchers have focused more attention on understanding which environmental and personal features influence decision-making processes, and how.Objective and methodsOn this study, we investigate whether Trait Anxiety moderates the impact of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms reported during COVID-19 pandemic on decision-making styles.ResultsThe study included 1,358 Brazilian participants (80% women) aged between 20 and 74 (M = 41.11; SD = 11.23) who responded to an online survey between May and August of the year 2021 of COVID-19 pandemic to The State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, The Decisions Styles Scale, The Impact of Event Scale – Revised and questions related to COVID-19. Through moderation analysis, we observed that experiencing PTS is associated with a higher tendency to biased/heuristic decision-making processes.DiscussionTrait Anxiety seems to influence how people respond to PTS symptoms on decision-making related processes. Subjects with higher Trait Anxiety reported lower tendency to appeal to rationality, especially under higher reported levels of PTS. Meanwhile, lower Trait Anxiety subjects exhibited more reason-based decision-making under higher rates of PTS. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the interplay among environmental and individual differences on decision-making styles and helps to identify factors of vulnerability for poorer cognitive functioning on stressful scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4774ebf865024183aee291f6163931332023-04-05T05:24:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-04-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.11056621105662Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemicMariana Castro Marques da Rocha0Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha1Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz2Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz3Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva4Rui Mateus Joaquim5Alexandre Luiz de Oliveira Serpa6Alexandre Paim Diaz7Jonas Jardim de Paula8Jonas Jardim de Paula9Danielle Souza Costa10Antônio Geraldo da Silva11Antônio Geraldo da Silva12André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto13André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto14Débora Marques de Miranda15Débora Marques de Miranda16SAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPost Graduation Department in Molecular Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartment of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartment of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartment of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPost Graduation Department in Molecular Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPost Graduation Department in Molecular Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilSAMBE - Instituto de Saúde Mental Baseada em Evidências, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilIntroductionDecision-making is not purely rational but highlighted by the influence of intuitive and emotional processes. Recently, researchers have focused more attention on understanding which environmental and personal features influence decision-making processes, and how.Objective and methodsOn this study, we investigate whether Trait Anxiety moderates the impact of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms reported during COVID-19 pandemic on decision-making styles.ResultsThe study included 1,358 Brazilian participants (80% women) aged between 20 and 74 (M = 41.11; SD = 11.23) who responded to an online survey between May and August of the year 2021 of COVID-19 pandemic to The State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, The Decisions Styles Scale, The Impact of Event Scale – Revised and questions related to COVID-19. Through moderation analysis, we observed that experiencing PTS is associated with a higher tendency to biased/heuristic decision-making processes.DiscussionTrait Anxiety seems to influence how people respond to PTS symptoms on decision-making related processes. Subjects with higher Trait Anxiety reported lower tendency to appeal to rationality, especially under higher reported levels of PTS. Meanwhile, lower Trait Anxiety subjects exhibited more reason-based decision-making under higher rates of PTS. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the interplay among environmental and individual differences on decision-making styles and helps to identify factors of vulnerability for poorer cognitive functioning on stressful scenarios.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1105662/fulldecision makingtrait anxietypost traumatic symptomsdecision strategiespsychological distressCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Mariana Castro Marques da Rocha Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva Rui Mateus Joaquim Alexandre Luiz de Oliveira Serpa Alexandre Paim Diaz Jonas Jardim de Paula Jonas Jardim de Paula Danielle Souza Costa Antônio Geraldo da Silva Antônio Geraldo da Silva André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto Débora Marques de Miranda Débora Marques de Miranda Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers in Psychiatry decision making trait anxiety post traumatic symptoms decision strategies psychological distress COVID-19 |
| title | Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Decision-making styles during stressful scenarios: The role of anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | decision making styles during stressful scenarios the role of anxiety in covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | decision making trait anxiety post traumatic symptoms decision strategies psychological distress COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1105662/full |
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