{"title":"Beyond the Mere Ownership and Endowment Effects","authors":"Tommy Gärling, André Hansla","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000530","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Do owned objects become more valued if lost and found? In Experiment 1, Prolific participants ( n = 128) imagined having lost a laptop. The results showed a preference for finding the laptop instead of replacing it with a new at no cost. The preference was even stronger if the laptop had been used longer (2 months instead of 2 days) and was certain to be found without any cost. Experiment 2 recruited additional Prolific participants to investigate the role of positive affect evoked by finding or expecting to find a lost object. In a Lost condition ( n = 50), participants imagined having lost an expensive pair of gloves which later was found. Compared to a No Loss condition ( n = 50), preference to keep the gloves was higher. Increased value and positive affect partially mediated this preference.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000530","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Do owned objects become more valued if lost and found? In Experiment 1, Prolific participants ( n = 128) imagined having lost a laptop. The results showed a preference for finding the laptop instead of replacing it with a new at no cost. The preference was even stronger if the laptop had been used longer (2 months instead of 2 days) and was certain to be found without any cost. Experiment 2 recruited additional Prolific participants to investigate the role of positive affect evoked by finding or expecting to find a lost object. In a Lost condition ( n = 50), participants imagined having lost an expensive pair of gloves which later was found. Compared to a No Loss condition ( n = 50), preference to keep the gloves was higher. Increased value and positive affect partially mediated this preference.