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The Impact of Trait Anxiety on Self‐frame and Decision Making
Author(s) -
Peng Jiaxi,
Xiao Wei,
Yang Yebing,
Wu Shengjun,
Miao Danmin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of behavioral decision making
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0771
pISSN - 0894-3257
DOI - 10.1002/bdm.1783
Subject(s) - trait anxiety , psychology , trait , anxiety , personality , construct (python library) , vocabulary , frame (networking) , big five personality traits , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , telecommunications , programming language
ABSTRACT The present study investigated how trait anxiety influenced the formation of a self‐frame and decision making. Participants ( N = 1044) responded to the Trait Anxiety Inventory. Those with trait anxiety scores ±1 Z score from the sample mean ( N = 328) were recalled to respond to the self‐frame questionnaire. The results suggested that trait anxiety differences could result in differences in the editing of decision‐making information, thereby influencing the risky choice. Compared with the low trait anxiety group, participants from the high trait anxiety group showed a greater tendency to use negative vocabulary to construct their self‐frame and tended to choose conservative plans. Self‐frame suppressed the influence of trait anxiety on decision making. These results further confirmed the hypothesis that individual differences in personality traits might influence the processing of information in a framed decision task. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.