Presa di decisione in situazioni rischiose: effetto della rabbia

摘要: The current studies assessed the role of trait anger and expression styles on risk decision-making in adulthood, adolescence childhood. In first experiment 158 adults completed STAXI-2 an inventory consisting a battery of hypothetical everyday scenarios. Participants were also asked to evaluate perception risk for each chosen option some contextual characteristics, that are familiarity salience scenario. study provides evidence relationship between individual differences tendency to feel and express risky decisions mediation effects salience appraisals. Moreover, results indicated was predictive risk perception they provide evidence positive risk decision-making perception. In second study, we examined specific components of anger (i.e., cognitive, affective behavioural) in adolescents. 101 subjects tasks, measuring decision-making, assessed using hypothetical choice scenarios, anger, evaluated through the STAXI-CA MSAI-R. Results showed adolescents higher on hostility, anger experience destructive expression, make more everyday life situations. regression analyses hostility adolescents’ decisions. In third experiment, 104 children three tasks: STAXI-CA, the MSAI-R task Subjects were evaluate degree danger, benefit, fun fear perceived for each choice. Analyses that: (a) predicted by both outward anger; (b) o anger was children’s decisions; (c) appraisal danger fully mediated the relation risk; (d) perceptions scare fun partially mediated (e) of danger partially and risk decision-making. between dispositional during childhood, suggesting possible explanation mechanisms below. particular, can be viewed as output cognitive emotive processes, linked dispositional anger that leads be amused, optimistic fearless potentially risky situations. These findings substantiate importance incorporating emotive factors theories seek explain personality traits decision making across broad range age.