Life is either a daring adventure, or it is boring: The impact of COVID-19 on immoral and nonmoral risk taking behaviors

IF 1.8 3区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Heng Li
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Abstract

Findings from correlational research suggest that people more likely to take risk during COVID-19. However, little is known about the causal role of the coronavirus threat in the emergence of risk taking behaviors. Here, we conducted three diverse studies involving questionnaire-based responses and actual measures of risk-taking behavior across nonmoral and immoral domains. In support of our theoretical perspective, Experiment 1 revealed that participants who were exposed to the COVID-19 threat were more prone to take risks than those in the control condition. Experiment 2 aimed to replicate the findings of Experiment 1 using a behavioral measure to capture participants' interest in risk taking. The results showed that the salience of COVID-19 can increase individuals' willingness to take risks in a nonmoral domain, namely, bungee jumping. Experiment 3 provided a behavioral confirmation of the relationship uncovered in an immoral domain (i.e., bribery). Across three experiments, we found that boredom state mediated the effect of the pandemic influence on risk taking. Together, our research rounds out the picture of contributors to risk taking and underscores the cumulative destructive effect of COVID-19. We discuss implications for research on COVID-19 and risk taking, as well as practical significance for society at large.

生活要么是大胆的冒险,要么是无聊的:2019冠状病毒病对不道德和非口头风险承担行为的影响
相关研究结果表明,人们在新冠肺炎期间更有可能冒险。然而,人们对冠状病毒威胁在冒险行为出现中的因果作用知之甚少。在这里,我们进行了三项不同的研究,包括基于问卷的回答和非口头和不道德领域的冒险行为的实际测量。为了支持我们的理论观点,实验1表明,与对照组相比,接触新冠肺炎威胁的参与者更容易冒险。实验2旨在复制实验1的发现,使用行为测量来捕捉参与者对冒险的兴趣。研究结果表明,新冠肺炎的显著性会增加个人在非口腔领域(即蹦极)冒险的意愿。实验3提供了在不道德领域(即贿赂)中发现的关系的行为证实。在三个实验中,我们发现无聊状态介导了疫情对风险承担的影响。我们的研究共同完善了风险承担的贡献者,并强调了新冠肺炎的累积破坏性影响。我们讨论了对新冠肺炎和风险承担研究的影响,以及对整个社会的实际意义。©2023 John Wiley&Sons有限公司。
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CiteScore
4.40
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5.00%
发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making is a multidisciplinary journal with a broad base of content and style. It publishes original empirical reports, critical review papers, theoretical analyses and methodological contributions. The Journal also features book, software and decision aiding technique reviews, abstracts of important articles published elsewhere and teaching suggestions. The objective of the Journal is to present and stimulate behavioral research on decision making and to provide a forum for the evaluation of complementary, contrasting and conflicting perspectives. These perspectives include psychology, management science, sociology, political science and economics. Studies of behavioral decision making in naturalistic and applied settings are encouraged.
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