Differential Influences of Integral and Incidental Emotion on Cancer-related Judgments and Decision Making
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer, Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology, Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 99 |
| Updated: | 1/5/2019 |
| Start Date: | July 8, 2016 |
| End Date: | May 30, 2019 |
| Contact: | Rebecca A Ferrer, Ph.D. |
| Email: | ferrerra@mail.nih.gov |
| Phone: | (301) 594-0437 |
Differential Influences of Integral and Incidental Emotion on Cancer-Related Judgments and Decision Making
Background:
Researchers are testing new methods for research projects. They want to see how people
respond to different types of communication, including videos. They also want to learn how
people respond to life events and how they pay attention to computer tasks. They want to
learn about how various risks and threats affect the way people make decisions.
Objectives:
To learn how different stimuli and events affect the way people make decisions.
Eligibility:
Adults ages 18 and older with a U.S. computer address
Design:
Participants will be recruited online.
Participants will take one of three studies online. Each study will take about a half hour.
Participants in Study 1 will watch a short video from a popular movie then answer questions.
They will also complete 2 questionnaires. One will be about how likely they think it is that
they will experience different risks and threats. The other will be about goals for behavior
change.
Participants in Study 2 will write in detail about a life event. Then they will answer
questions. They will also complete the same 2 questionnaires as Study 1.
Participants in Study 3 will pay close attention to words and images on a computer. They will
answer questions about attitudes toward different behaviors, products, and experiences.
Researchers are testing new methods for research projects. They want to see how people
respond to different types of communication, including videos. They also want to learn how
people respond to life events and how they pay attention to computer tasks. They want to
learn about how various risks and threats affect the way people make decisions.
Objectives:
To learn how different stimuli and events affect the way people make decisions.
Eligibility:
Adults ages 18 and older with a U.S. computer address
Design:
Participants will be recruited online.
Participants will take one of three studies online. Each study will take about a half hour.
Participants in Study 1 will watch a short video from a popular movie then answer questions.
They will also complete 2 questionnaires. One will be about how likely they think it is that
they will experience different risks and threats. The other will be about goals for behavior
change.
Participants in Study 2 will write in detail about a life event. Then they will answer
questions. They will also complete the same 2 questionnaires as Study 1.
Participants in Study 3 will pay close attention to words and images on a computer. They will
answer questions about attitudes toward different behaviors, products, and experiences.
Despite evidence that both integral (i.e., related to the decision) and incidental (i.e.,
unrelated to the decision) emotions influence cancer-related decision making, no research has
systematically examined whether these two types of emotion generate similar patterns of
influence, as predicted by decision-making models. This is important because incidental
emotions are often used experimentally to draw causal conclusions about how emotions
influence cancer-related decisions with the notion that results will generalize to produce
knowledge about integral emotions as well. Across three studies, we plan to directly compare
integral and incidental emotional influences on judgments and decisions related to cancer
control. We plan to examine whether effects are contingent on the type of emotional influence
(the discrete emotions anger and fear, or general positive affect) or type of emotion
induction (video, autobiographical induction, or evaluative conditioning). Across
experiments, we predict that emotion will influence both judgment and decision-making
outcomes when the induced emotion is integral as well as when it is incidental. However, we
predict that the magnitude of the effect of emotion on these types of responses will be
significantly greater when emotions are integral to a judgment or decision, compared to when
emotions are incidental.
unrelated to the decision) emotions influence cancer-related decision making, no research has
systematically examined whether these two types of emotion generate similar patterns of
influence, as predicted by decision-making models. This is important because incidental
emotions are often used experimentally to draw causal conclusions about how emotions
influence cancer-related decisions with the notion that results will generalize to produce
knowledge about integral emotions as well. Across three studies, we plan to directly compare
integral and incidental emotional influences on judgments and decisions related to cancer
control. We plan to examine whether effects are contingent on the type of emotional influence
(the discrete emotions anger and fear, or general positive affect) or type of emotion
induction (video, autobiographical induction, or evaluative conditioning). Across
experiments, we predict that emotion will influence both judgment and decision-making
outcomes when the induced emotion is integral as well as when it is incidental. However, we
predict that the magnitude of the effect of emotion on these types of responses will be
significantly greater when emotions are integral to a judgment or decision, compared to when
emotions are incidental.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Adults ages 18 and older with a U.S. computer address
We found this trial at
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9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
1-800-422-6237
Phone: 301-594-0437
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