Understanding the Framing Effect: Do Affective Responses to Decision Options Mediate the Influence of Frame on Choice?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Little research has examined how gain- and loss-framed options influence participants’ affective states. In the current paper, we present two studies that measure affective responses to framed options to identify a potential mediator of the relation between frame and choice. We found that participants reported more positive responses after reading gain-framed options that presented a certain outcome compared to loss-framed options that presented a certain outcome, consistent with the choice patterns of the framing effect. We also found that framing effects were mediated by affective evaluation of the options. We suggest future researchers continue to assess the influence of affective response on evaluating options and making decisions.
Department
Psychology
Publication Title
Journal of Risk Research
Recommended Citation
Stark, E., Baldwin, A., Hertel, A, & Rothman, A. (2016). Understanding the framing effect: Do affective responses to decision options mediate the influence of frame on choice? The Journal of Risk Research, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1200654.
DOI
10.1080/13669877.2016.1200654
Link to Publisher Version (DOI)
Publisher's Copyright and Source
Copyright © 2016 Informa UK Limited. Article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Risk Research, volume 20, issue number 12, 2017, pages 1585-1597. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1200654.
