Affect as Information: The Moderating Roles of Self-Regulatory System and Diagnosticity of Affective Valence [Extended abstract]

• Main Authors: Kramer, Thomas, YOON, Song-Oh
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2895; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3894/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The article presents a summary of three studies looking at the use of affect for information. The authors hypothesize that dependence upon affect changes according to individuals' self-regulatory systems. In the studies, the authors found that individuals with a temporary or chronic behavioral activation system/promotion self-regulatory focus tend to depend on positive and negative emotions for information, whereas individuals with a temporary or chronic behavioral inhibition system/prevention self-regulatory focus only rely on positive emotions for information.