Intolerance of uncertainty predicts indecisiveness and safety behavior in real-life decision making: Results from an experience sampling study

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Research in Personality Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104490

Helmut Appel , Julia Krasko , Maike Luhmann , Alexander L. Gerlach

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Abstract

In decision making, intolerance of uncertainty (IU) may be linked to safety behavior, which could ironically maintain IU and, thus, foster indecisiveness. In a smartphone-based experience sampling study, 247 participants described their real-life decisions six times per day and rated (a) their situational indecisiveness, (b) decision characteristics, (c) situational IU, and (d) problematic safety behaviors. Participants higher in dispositional IU reported more indecisiveness and engaged in more problematic safety behavior across measurements. The same relationships were observed with situational IU at the level of individual measurements. Engaging in more problematic safety behaviors during the first days predicted indecisiveness on the last day, mediated by IU. The results demonstrate the real-life relevance of the relationship between IU, indecisiveness, and safety behavior.

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对不确定性的不容忍度可预测现实决策中的优柔寡断和安全行为：经验取样研究的结果

在决策过程中，对不确定性的不容忍度（IU）可能与安全行为有关，而安全行为可能会具有讽刺意味地维持不确定性，从而助长优柔寡断。在一项基于智能手机的经验取样研究中，247 名参与者每天六次描述他们在现实生活中做出的决定，并对以下方面进行评分：（a）他们的情境优柔寡断性；（b）决策特征；（c）情境 IU；以及（d）有问题的安全行为。倾向性 IU 值较高的受试者在各次测量中表现出更多的优柔寡断，并参与了更多有问题的安全行为。在个人测量水平上，也观察到了与情境性 IU 的相同关系。在前几天参与更多有问题的安全行为可以预测最后一天的优柔寡断，而这是由 IU 调解的。这些结果表明，IU、优柔寡断和安全行为之间的关系与现实生活息息相关。

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Journal of Research in Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.10%

发文量

102

审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.