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Does Positive Affect Buffer Against Dissatisfaction for Complex Decision Making?

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dc.contributor.authorReed, Andrew E
dc.date.accessioned2007-12-17T20:37:15Z
dc.date.available2012-12-17T07:13:46Z
dc.date.issued2007-12-17T20:37:15Z
dc.descriptionMasters Thesis for Andrew E. Reed Special Committee: Joseph Mikels (chair) Barbara Koslowski Alice Isen David Dunningen_US
dc.description.abstractResearch has demonstrated that positive affect enhances the objective quality (e.g. efficiency and accuracy) of complex decision making (see Isen, 2004, for a review). However, relatively little is known about the influence of positive affect on decision satisfaction. Related social psychological research on satisfaction suggests that thorough, deliberate decision-making may actually impair satisfaction for complex decisions (e.g. Wilson, Lisle, Schooler, Hodges, Klaaren, & LaFleur, 1993; Dijksterhuis & van Olden, 2006). The present study tested the hypothesis that positive affect would buffer against dissatisfaction for complex decisions. Seventy-nine undergraduate students, randomly assigned to receive a positive affect induction or not, completed a hypothetical decision using a decision matrix and completed a subsequent measures of satisfaction. Results failed to support the hypothesis. Limitations and potential follow-up studies are discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Human Developmenten_US
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dc.identifier.otherbibid: 6476483
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/9387
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectPositive Affecten_US
dc.subjectDecision Makingen_US
dc.titleDoes Positive Affect Buffer Against Dissatisfaction for Complex Decision Making?en_US
dc.typedissertation or thesisen_US

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