The effects of optimism on self-framing and risky decision making

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Ran Zhang
Luming Zhao
Lin Wu
Hongxu Chen
Gaoxing Zhou
Xiaoqing Zhang
Peng Fang
Xufeng Liu
Cite this article:  Zhang, R., Zhao, L., Wu, L., Chen, H., Zhou, G., Zhang, X., Fang, P., & Liu, X. (2020). The effects of optimism on self-framing and risky decision making. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 48(10), e9409.


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The framing effect is a key topic that has been insufficiently studied in research on behavioral decision making. In our study we explored the effects of optimism on self-framing and risky decision making. Participants were 416 undergraduates who responded to the Life Orientation Test and a self-framing test based on the Asian disease problem. The results demonstrate that, compared with people low in optimism, highly optimistic individuals tended to use more positive words to describe problems, generate more positive frames, and choose more risky options. There was also a significant self-framing effect: Participants with a negative frame tended to be risk-seeking, whereas those with a positive frame tended to avoid risks. Additionally, self-framing suppressed the effect of optimism on risky decision making. We can conclude that optimism has significant effects on self-framing and risky decision making.

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