Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective
This study explored the effects of regulatory focus and emotions on information preferences, specifically information selection preferences (experiment 1) and implicit information preferences (experiment 2). Our findings revealed that, in the promotion-focused condition, individuals preferred hedoni...
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| author | Xiaomei Wang Quanquan Zheng Jia Wang Yangli Gu Jiongying Li |
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| description | This study explored the effects of regulatory focus and emotions on information preferences, specifically information selection preferences (experiment 1) and implicit information preferences (experiment 2). Our findings revealed that, in the promotion-focused condition, individuals preferred hedonic information (vs. functional information) when they were happy (vs. sad). However, emotions’ effects on information preferences were attenuated in the prevention-focused condition. In experiment 3, we tested whether regulatory focus and salient emotions influenced information preferences. The results suggested that regulatory focus and salient emotions had no significant interactive effect on information selection preferences, but had a significant interactive effect on implicit preferences. These results further our understanding of the psychological dynamic mechanism involved in information preferences, which augments the affect-as-information theory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-abfeb7975f194f3daa9e36e945ad52c92022-12-21T19:55:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01397538421Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information PerspectiveXiaomei Wang0Quanquan Zheng1Jia Wang2Yangli Gu3Jiongying Li4School of Media Studies and Humanities, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Media Studies and Humanities, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Media Studies and Humanities, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Media Studies and Humanities, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, ChinaThis study explored the effects of regulatory focus and emotions on information preferences, specifically information selection preferences (experiment 1) and implicit information preferences (experiment 2). Our findings revealed that, in the promotion-focused condition, individuals preferred hedonic information (vs. functional information) when they were happy (vs. sad). However, emotions’ effects on information preferences were attenuated in the prevention-focused condition. In experiment 3, we tested whether regulatory focus and salient emotions influenced information preferences. The results suggested that regulatory focus and salient emotions had no significant interactive effect on information selection preferences, but had a significant interactive effect on implicit preferences. These results further our understanding of the psychological dynamic mechanism involved in information preferences, which augments the affect-as-information theory.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01397/fullregulatory focusemotionaffect-as-informationinformation preferenceImplicit Association Test |
| spellingShingle | Xiaomei Wang Quanquan Zheng Jia Wang Yangli Gu Jiongying Li Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective Frontiers in Psychology regulatory focus emotion affect-as-information information preference Implicit Association Test |
| title | Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective |
| title_full | Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective |
| title_short | Effects of Regulatory Focus and Emotions on Information Preferences: The Affect-as-Information Perspective |
| title_sort | effects of regulatory focus and emotions on information preferences the affect as information perspective |
| topic | regulatory focus emotion affect-as-information information preference Implicit Association Test |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01397/full |
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