A New Look at the Impact of Maximizing on Unhappiness: Two Competing Mediating Effects

Peng, Jiaxi; Zhang, Jiaxi; Zhang, Yan; Gong, Pinjia; Han, Bing; Sun, Hao; Cao, Fei; Miao, Danmin

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00066

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“…In particular, for individuals with a rational decision‐making style, cognitive ability can significantly predict decision‐making competence. For those with an intuitive decision‐making style, however, cognitive ability does not appear to significantly predict decision‐making competence (Del Missier et al, ; Peng et al, ).…”

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“…Individuals make seemingly endless decisions in daily life, such as which brand of shampoo to use, what to wear, and whether to pursue conservative or risky treatment for a health condition. Most behavioral decision‐making research has focused on general rules of judgment and the discrepancy between actual decisions and an absolutely rational choice; individual differences have received comparatively little attention (Parker, De Bruin, & Fischhoff, ; Peng et al, ). However, the idea that individual differences in decision making are attributable to random error has long been contested.…”

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Measuring decision‐making competence in Chinese adults

Peng

Tian

Zhang

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Behavioral Decision Making

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In this study, we translated and localized the Adult Decision‐making Competence scale (A‐DMC) and tested its reliability and validity with large samples. Results show the Chinese A‐DMC has relatively good reliability (Cronbach's alpha above 0.6 and test–retest reliability coefficients ranging from 0.44 to 0.78 on all subscales), comparable with the original version. Regarding validity, results of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis support the one‐factor model, indicating the A‐DMC has good internal consistency and construct validity. A‐DMC scores correlated positively with cognitive ability, constructive decision‐making styles, and good decision outcomes. Additionally, individuals with higher A‐DMC scores were found to perform better on the Cambridge gambling task and Iowa gambling task. These results confirm the validity of the Chinese version of the A‐DMC, which is suitable for measuring decision‐making competence in Chinese adults.

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Measuring decision‐making competence in Chinese adults

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Zhang

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Behavioral Decision Making

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“…For example, Diab et al (2008) suggested that regret was a key variable in understanding the relationship between maximization and life satisfaction. Indeed, Peng et al (2018) found that regret served as a key mediator between maximization and subjective well-being. Kim and Miller (2017) found that when maximizers experience decision difficulty, they are more vulnerable to negative feedback about one's choice.…”

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Development of the Revised Relational Maximization Scale and explorations of how relational maximization relates to personal and relational outcomes

Mikkelson

Ray

2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Cheek and Schwartz argued for conceptualizing maximization as the goal of “choosing the best” coupled with the strategy of “alternative search.” Using this conceptualization, we conducted five studies (Total N = 1,617) to revise the Relational Maximization Scale. Two exploratory factor analyses (Exploratory Study and Study 1) confirmed that choosing the best and alternative search were empirically distinct. A confirmatory factor analysis (Study 2) demonstrated the strength of the factor structure for these two dimensions. Study 2 results also indicated that choosing the best correlated with rational and intuitive decision-making styles, whereas alternative search correlated with indecisive, avoidant, and intuitive decision-making styles. In Study 3, choosing the best was positively related to relational outcomes (e.g., satisfaction, commitment, and trust), whereas alternative search was negatively related to relational outcomes. Study 4 demonstrated that alternative search and the quality of alternatives were empirically distinct. Study 4 also showed that choosing the best was positively related to life satisfaction and optimism, whereas alternative search was positively related to regret and negatively related to optimism. Together, these studies validate the importance of examining domain-specific maximization in ongoing relationships and offer a new Revised Relational Maximization Scale. Specifically, we propose that the choosing the best subscale be used as a measure of the maximization goal and that the alternative search subscale be used as a measure of the maximization strategy.

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“…They may continue this strategy of maximizing information‐gathering during the child’s infancy and early childhood as they maintain a vigil, collecting their information directly from observations of the child and comparisons to other children they assume are typical . Notably, such maximizing is associated with unhappiness …”

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Actions and Uncertainty: How Prenatally Diagnosed Variants of Uncertain Significance Become Actionable

Werner‐Lin¹,

McCoyd²,

Bernhardt³

2019

Hastings Center Report

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The development of genomic technologies has seemed almost magical. Excitement about it, both in medicine and among the public, stems from the belief that genomic techniques will illuminate the causes of health and disease, will lead to effective interventions for both rare and common genetic conditions, and will inform reproductive decision‐making. Novel diagnostic tools, however, are often deployed before targeted therapies are developed, tested, or available and before their psychosocial implications are explored. Newer technologies such as prenatal whole exome screening are seen as offering “decisional autonomy” to expectant parents, although such technologies identify information about genetic sequencing that may not have clear meaning. The “therapeutic gap” between the ability to conduct genetic sequencing and the ability to fully understand what the test results mean, much less what treatments to offer, leaves families with complex and unclear information they cannot act upon with confidence during pregnancy. In this essay, we will consider the psychosocial and ethical implications of such assumptions—and of the uncertain information produced by these technologies—for individuals and families and for societal aspects such as medical service usage and demographic inequities.

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A New Look at the Impact of Maximizing on Unhappiness: Two Competing Mediating Effects

Cited by 21 publications

References 67 publications

Measuring decision‐making competence in Chinese adults

Measuring decision‐making competence in Chinese adults

Development of the Revised Relational Maximization Scale and explorations of how relational maximization relates to personal and relational outcomes

Actions and Uncertainty: How Prenatally Diagnosed Variants of Uncertain Significance Become Actionable

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