Affective dilemmas: the impact of trait affect and state emotion on sustainable consumption decisions in a social dilemma task

Article Article scientifique Article Affective dilemmas: the impact of trait affect and state emotion on sustainable consumption decisions in a social dilemma task eng 2020 author Tarditi Joz-Roland Céline 697604 author Hahnel Ulf 0000-0002-0595-5899 841470 author Jeanmonod Noémie author Sander David 558712 author Brosch Tobias 0000-0001-6883-0383 637221 33-59 10.1177/0013916518787590 0013-9165 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0013916518787590 Developing a more sustainable lifestyle is becoming an important challenge of our times; it is thus crucial to understand the factors that drive resource consumption decisions. We investigated the impact of trait affect and state emotion on individual consumption decisions in social dilemma tasks. Affective factors interacted strongly with the specific structural features of the choice situation. In Experiment 1, participants with high trait affect were especially likely to reduce their consumption when resource scarcity increased, but only when the choice was presented in a gain frame. In Experiment 2, induced guilt led to reduced consumption in the gain frame in participants with high trait affect, whereas induced pride led to increased investments in the loss frame in these participants. Our research highlights the adaptive function of affective factors in decision making in social dilemma tasks and illustrates how emotions may be leveraged to promote more sustainable resource consumption. Sustainable consumption Emotions Trait affect Core values Social dilemma Decision making Decision framing Dewey 150 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 1218 Efficience énergétique : affect, décision et comportement (DECISIONLAB) Environment and Behavior 52 1 a87a20be-9a71-488c-8539-40cb9a3837cc Article (Published version) Restricted Tarditi_et_al_Affective_Dilemmas_2020.pdf 339236 application/pdf 599d0b31-8f35-4df3-a56c-14c24aa05fc6 Article (Accepted version) Public Tarditi_et_al_Affective_dilemmas_ac.pdf 4140578 application/pdf 20a583e6dd55709263fe9bdea73764248459eecf1d6a757776280911f4aaa621 openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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