
1湖南师范大学心理系, 长沙 410081
2认知与人类行为湖南省重点实验室, 长沙 410081
3湖南师范大学心-脑交叉科学研究中心, 长沙 410081
收稿日期:
2020-12-19发布日期:
2021-06-25通讯作者:
李晓明E-mail:lixiaoming-2007@sohu.com基金资助:
湖南省社科成果评审委项目(XSP18YBZ010)The role of disappointment in inaction inertia
LI Xiaoming1,2,3(
1Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
2Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Changsha 410081, China
3Center of Mind & Brain Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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LI Xiaoming E-mail:lixiaoming-2007@sohu.com摘要/Abstract
摘要: 以往不作为惯性领域的研究发现, 当个体没有获得先前更优机会是源于他人或外界等不可控因素时, 个体仍会倾向于继续放弃当前次优机会, 且后悔情绪未能对此进行解释。本研究认为失望情绪适用于解释此种情况下的不作为惯性, 或可成为后悔情绪解释的有效补充。本研究通过两个实验首次探讨了失望情绪在不作为惯性产生中的作用。结果发现, 各自变量对失望情绪(体验失望和预期失望)和作为可能性均具有一致的影响力, 且预期失望在不作为惯性的产生中具有中介作用。本研究表明, 失望情绪可能也是导致不作为惯性的一个重要因素。
图/表 5
表1不同条件下各测查变量的描述性统计结果(N = 208)
测查变量 | 责任水平 | 前后机会间的吸引力差异 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
差异大 | 差异小 | ||||
M | SD | M | SD | ||
作为可能性 | 低 | 4.17 | 3.08 | 5.92 | 3.30 |
高 | 4.63 | 2.94 | 5.40 | 3.03 | |
体验失望 | 低 | 5.27 | 2.74 | 3.64 | 2.92 |
高 | 4.90 | 2.75 | 4.46 | 2.82 |
表1不同条件下各测查变量的描述性统计结果(N = 208)
测查变量 | 责任水平 | 前后机会间的吸引力差异 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
差异大 | 差异小 | ||||
M | SD | M | SD | ||
作为可能性 | 低 | 4.17 | 3.08 | 5.92 | 3.30 |
高 | 4.63 | 2.94 | 5.40 | 3.03 | |
体验失望 | 低 | 5.27 | 2.74 | 3.64 | 2.92 |
高 | 4.90 | 2.75 | 4.46 | 2.82 |

图1体验失望的中介作用分析 注:*p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, 数值为标准化回归系数, 下同。

表2不同条件下各测查变量的描述性统计结果(N = 212)
测查变量 | 获奖概率 | 前后机会间的差异 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
差异大 | 差异小 | ||||
M | SD | M | SD | ||
作为可能性 | 低 | 6.34 | 2.95 | 7.21 | 2.55 |
高 | 4.77 | 3.02 | 5.83 | 2.89 | |
体验失望 | 低 | 4.11 | 2.79 | 3.45 | 2.83 |
高 | 5.43 | 2.66 | 4.42 | 3.08 | |
预期失望 | 低 | 3.49 | 2.62 | 3.02 | 2.69 |
高 | 5.15 | 2.89 | 3.94 | 3.03 |
表2不同条件下各测查变量的描述性统计结果(N = 212)
测查变量 | 获奖概率 | 前后机会间的差异 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
差异大 | 差异小 | ||||
M | SD | M | SD | ||
作为可能性 | 低 | 6.34 | 2.95 | 7.21 | 2.55 |
高 | 4.77 | 3.02 | 5.83 | 2.89 | |
体验失望 | 低 | 4.11 | 2.79 | 3.45 | 2.83 |
高 | 5.43 | 2.66 | 4.42 | 3.08 | |
预期失望 | 低 | 3.49 | 2.62 | 3.02 | 2.69 |
高 | 5.15 | 2.89 | 3.94 | 3.03 |

图2两种失望情绪对前后价格差异的中介作用分析


图3两种失望情绪对获奖概率的中介作用分析

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